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10. Wireless Network Glossary

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SSH

Developed by SSH Communications Security Ltd., Secure Shell is a program to log into

another computer over a network, to execute commands in a remote machine, and to move
files from one machine to another. It provides strong authentication and secure

communications over insecure channels. It is a replacement for rlogin, rsh, rcp, and rdist.

SSL

Secure Sockets Layer. It is a popular encryption scheme used by many online retail and
banking sites to protect the financial integrity of transactions. When an SSL session begins,

the server sends its public key to the browser. The browser then sends a randomly

generated secret key back to the server in order to have a secret key exchange for that

session. SSL VPN is also known as Web VPN. The HTTPS and SSH management
interface use SSL for data encryption.

Subnet Mask

An address code mask that determines the size of the network. An IP subnet are

determined by performing a BIT-wise AND operation between the IP address and the

subnet mask. By changing the subnet mask, you can change the scope and size of a

network.

Subnetwork or Subnet

Found in larger networks, these smaller networks are used to simplify addressing between

numerous computers. Subnets connect to the central network through a router, hub or

gateway. Each individual wireless LAN will probably use the same subnet for all the local

computers it talks to.

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