CertiGuide to Network+  9  Glossary

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Roaming user profile

A server-based user profile that is downloaded to the local computer when a user logs on and is updated both locally and on the server when the user logs off. A roaming user profile is available from the server when logging on to any computer that is running Windows 2000 Professional or Windows 2000 Server.

Paths between network segments to join a sender and receiver.

A network device that helps LANs and WANs achieve interoperability and connectivity and that can link LANs that have different network topologies, such as Ethernet and Token Ring.

The process of forwarding a packet through an internetwork from a source host to a destination host.

An industry standard distance vector routing protocol used in small to medium sized IP and IPX internetworks.

A loose term for the many protocols used outside a local segment. Intradomain protocols include RIP, OSPF. Interdomain protocols include BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) and EGP (Exterior Gateway Protocols).

A database of routes containing information on network IDs, forwarding addresses, and metrics for reachable network segments on an internetwork.

Remote Procedure Call. A transparent method by which one computer calls and runs a program on another machine.

Request To Send. Refer to CTS.

An IPSec policy mechanism that governs how and when an IPSec policy protects communication. A rule provides the ability to trigger and control secure communication based on the source, destination, and type of IP traffic. Each rule contains a list of IP filters and a collection of security actions that take place upon a match with that filter list.

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