Acronyms

The following table lists the acronyms and the terminologies used in the document:

Table - Acronyms and Terminologies

Acronym	Description
5GC	5th Generation Core
ACME	Automatic Certificate Management Environment
BSF	Binding Support Function
cnDBTier	Cloud Native Database Tier
CNE	Cloud Native Environment
CNCC	Cloud Native Configuration Console
cnDRA	Cloud Native Diameter Routing Agent
DNSSEC	Domain Name System Security Extensions
DNS	Domain Name System
ETCD	The name “etcd” originated from two ideas, the unix “/etc” folder and “d"istributed systems. The “/etc” folder is a place to store configuration data for a single system whereas etcd stores configuration information for large scale distributed systems. Hence, a “d"istributed “/etc” is “etcd”.
FQDN	fully qualified domain name
GPG	Gnu Privacy Guard
iLO	Integrated Lights Out
Kyverno	Kyverno is a policy engine designed for Kubernetes.
mTLS	Mutual Transport Layer Security
NAPTR	Name Authority Pointer
NEF	Network Exposure Function
NF	Network Function. A functional building block within a network infrastructure, which has well defined external interfaces and well defined functional behavior. In practical terms, a network function is often a network node or physical appliance.
NRF	Network Repository Function
NSSF	Network Slice Selection Function
CNE	Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core, Cloud Native Environment
OCIR	Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Registry
OCCM	Oracle Communications Certificate Management
OSSA	Oracle Software Security Assurance
OWASP	Open Web Application Security Project
PCF	Policy Control Function
PKI	Public Key Infrastructure
SCP	Service Communication Proxy
SEPP	Security Edge Protection Proxy
ToR	Top-of-Rack Switching
UDR	Unified Data Repository
UDSF	Unstructured Data Storage Function
YUM	Yellow Dog Updater, Modified is an open-source Linux package management application.