Glossary

ACL

Access Control List. This is a list of commands or filter specifications that define the allowed accesses or uses of a device or other object.

ARPAnet

The original "Internet." The ARPAnet was the creation of the United States Advanced Research Projects Agency. ARPA evolved into the Department of Defense ARPA (DARPA). The original project that became the "Internet" we know today was an attempt to create a computer communications network that could survive a nuclear war. Luckily those parts of the design were never tested.

ASE

Autonomous System External. See OSPF or BGP RFCs for details.

BGP

Border Gateway Protocol. See also RFC-1771 and for IPv6 references see RFC-2545.

CIDR

Classless InterDomain Routing. RFC-1519. Removes the original ...

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