Operation Manual

KEN! – Glossary 111
Peer-to-Peer Network
A peer-to-peer network works without central control of ac-
cess. This means that all computers have the same access
rights. Data connections are always established directly from
one computer to another without interacting through a net-
work server.
Proxy server
A proxy server performs all WWW communication on behalf
of all workstations in the network. This means that two, three
or more workstations have access to the Internet at the same
time over just one connection. This makes Internet access
easier and more secure than with a router.
POP3 Account
E-Mail messages are distributed to various POP3 accounts
on a POP3 server. The POP3 server of the E-mail provider or
Internet provider sets up a folder for each POP3 account, in
which mail is stored temporarily for retrieval by the user.
Providers generally create only one POP3 account for each E-
mail address. All E-mail is temporarily stored in this POP3 ac-
count.
The KEN! POP3 server sets up a local POP3 account for for
each user, even if users share a POP3 account or even an E-
mail address in the Internet. When KEN! picks up E-mail for
the local network from the Internet, it distributes the mes-
sages among the KEN! POP3 accounts so that each user can
pick up the mail addressed to him/her personally.
POP3 Server
POP3 is the Post Office Protocol version 3. This protocols de-
scribes a procedure for TCP/IP-based access to an E-mail
server for the transmission of the messages on the server to
an E-mail user. Your provider’s POP3 server is the server re-
sponsible for the reception of your mail messages from the
Internet.