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

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

cron(1M)

clock daemon

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

FTP

File Transfer Protocol

G

GID

group identifier

H

HTTP

HyperText Transfer Protocol

I

identifier

IETF

Internet Engineering Task Force

INETD

Internet service daemon

Internet Protocol

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 (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

N

NFS

Network File System

Next Generation

NIS, NIS+

Network Information Services

NSCD

name service cache daemon

O

operating environment, formerly used for Solaris

OEM

Original Equipment Manufacturer

Operating System, now used for Solaris

P

PAM

Pluggable Authentication Module

PDF

Portable Document Format

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

RFC

Remote Function Call

RPC

Remote Procedure Call

rsh(1)

remote shell

S

system administrator

system controller (Sun Fire High-End and Midrange Systems)

scp(1)

secure copy (remote file copy program)

SCCS

Source Code Control System

SLP

Service Location Protocol

SMA

System Management Agent

SMC

Solaris Management Console

SNMP

Simple Network Management Protocol

service provider

SPARC

Scalable Processor Architecture

SPC

SunSoft Print Client

SSH

Secure Shell (Solaris)

SSP

system service processor (Sun Enterprise 1000 Servers)

stdio

standard input/output

SunONE

Sun Open Network Environment, currently Sun Java System, formerly iPlanet

T

TCP

Transmission Control Protocol

tftp(1)

trivial file transfer program

ttl

time-to-live

U

U.S.

United States

UDP

User Diagram Protocol

UID

user identifier

UUCP

UNIX-to-UNIX Copy

V

VOLD

Volume Management daemon

W

WBEM

Web-based Enterprise Management