Glossary

This list defines abbreviations and acronyms in the Solaris Security Toolkit.

A

ab2

AnswerBook2

ABI

Application Binary Interface

ARP

Address Resolution Protocol

ASPPP

Asynchronous Point-to-Point Protocol

B

BART

Basic Auditing and Reporting Tool

BIND

Berkeley Internet Name Domain

BSD

Berkeley Software Distribution

BSM

Basic Security Model (Solaris)

C

compact disc

CD-ROM

compact disc-read-only memory

CDE

Common Desktop Environment

cp(1)

copy files command

cron(1M)

clock daemon command

D

DHCP

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

DMI

Desktop Management Interface

DMTF

Distributed Management Task Force

DNS

Domain Name System

E

EEPROM

electronically erasable programmable read-only memory

F

FACE

Framed Access Command Environment

FMRI

Fault Management Resource Identifier

FTP

File Transfer Protocol

G

GID

group identifier

GUI

graphical user interface

H

HSFS

High Sierra File System

HTTP

HyperText Transfer Protocol

I

identifier

IETF

Internet Engineering Task Force

INETD

Internet service daemon

Internet Protocol

IPF

Internet Protocol Filter

ISA

instruction set architecture

J

JASS

JumpStart Architecture and Security Scripts, now Solaris Security Toolkit

K

KDC

Kerberos Key Distribution

L

LDAP

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

lp(1)

line printer command (submit print request)

M

MAN

management network (Sun Fire high-end systems internal I1 network)

MD5

message-digest 5 algorithm

MIP

Mobile Internet Protocol

MSP

midframe service processor

mv(1)

move files command

N

NFS

Network File System

Next Generation

NGZ

non-global zone

NIS, NIS+

Network Information Services

no password

NSCD

name service cache daemon

O

OEM

Original Equipment Manufacturer

Operating System

P

PAM

Pluggable Authentication Module

PDF

Portable Document Format

Perl

Practical Extraction and Report Language

PICL

Platform Information and Control Library

PPP

Point-to-Point Protocol

PROM

programmable read-only memory

Q

quality assurance

R

RBAC

role-based access control

run-control (file or script)

rlogin(1)

remote login command

RFC

Remote Function Call

RPC

Remote Procedure Call

rsh(1)

remote shell command

S

system administrator

system controller (Sun Fire high-end and midrange systems)

scp(1)

secure copy command (remote file copy program)

SCCS

Source Code Control System

SLP

Service Location Protocol

SMA

System Management Agent

SMC

Solaris Management Console

SMF

Service Management Facility

SMS

System Management Services

SNMP

Simple Network Management Protocol

service provider

SPARC

Scalable Processor Architecture

SPC

SunSoft Print Client

SSH

Secure Shell (Solaris 9 and 10 OS)

SVM

Solaris Volume Manager

T

TCP

Transmission Control Protocol

tftp(1)

trivial file transfer program

ttl

time-to-live

U

UDP

User Diagram Protocol

UFS

Unix File System

UID

user identifier

UUCP

UNIX-to-UNIX Copy

V

VOLD

Volume Management daemon

W

WBEM

Web-based Enterprise Management