sa8220 - User Guide

Glossary

This section defines terms and acronyms used throughout the HP

Traffic Director Server Appliances User Guide.

Certificate A digitally-signed token in an SSL-encrypted transaction containing

information including the issuer (Certificate Authority that issued the

certificate), the organization that owns the certificate, public key, the

validity period for the certificate, and the hostname.

Cipher Any encryption algorithm, either symmetric or public key, operating

either as a data stream or divided into blocks.

Client Authentication A means of requesting client certificate for the purpose of verifying

identities

Client CA See "Client Authentication"

CRL Certificate Revocation List -- a timestamped list identifying revoked

certificates containing serial numbers

DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. This protocol allows servers

to dynamically assign IP addresses to nodes (workstations) on the fly.

DN Distinguished Name. Used when creating a signing request.