Glossary of Key Terms

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.p7b A certificate format that can be used by itself in IIS as the basis for S/MIME and single sign-on.

5G Fifth-generation advanced wireless network technology developed based on 802.11ac IEEE wireless standard.

802.1X An IEEE standard that defines port-based network access control (PNAC). Not to be confused with 802.11x WLAN standards, 802.1X is a data link layer authentication technology used to connect hosts to a LAN or WLAN. It allows you to apply a security control that ties physical ports to end-device MAC addresses, and prevents additional devices from being connected to the network. It is a good way of implementing port security, much better than simply setting up MAC filtering.

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