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Appendix 2: Glossary
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B
Biometrics
The automated technique of measuring a physical characteristic or personal trait
of an individual and comparing that characteristic to a comprehensive database for
purposes of identification.
C
Client
A computer that accesses shared network resources provided by another
computer, called a server. See also Server, Workstation.
D
Decryption
The inverse of encryption.
Domain
In SecureSuite, a collection of computers defined by the administrator of a
SecureSuite Server network that share a common directory database. A domain
provided access to the centralized user accounts and group accounts maintained
by the domain administrator. Each domain has a unique name. See also
Workgroup.
Domain controller
In a SecureSuite XS Server domain, refers to the computer running Windows 2000
Server that manages all aspects of user-domain interactions, and uses information
in the directory database to authenticate users logging on to domain accounts.
One shared directory database is used to store security and user account
information for the entire domain.
Domain name
Part of the Domain Name System (DNS) naming structure, a domain name is the
name by which a domain is known to the network. Domain names consist of a
sequence of labels separated by periods. See also Domain Name System (DNS).
Domain Name System (DNS)
DNS offers a static, hierarchical name service for TCP/IP hosts. The network
administrator configures the DNS with a list of hostnames and IP addresses,
allowing users of workstations configured to query the DNS to specify remote
systems by hostnames rather than IP addresses.