Internet Express for Tru64 UNIX Version 6.8 Administration Guide (14233)

TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. Ethernet protocols incorporated into 4.2 BSD
UNIX. While TCP and IP specify two protocols, the combined term is used to refer to the entire
Department of Defense protocol suite, including telnet and FTP. See also FTP, LDAP, TELNET
protocol.
TELNET Protocol The Internet standard protocol for remote logins. UNIX BSD includes the telnet program, which
uses the protocol, and acts as a terminal emulator for remote login sessions.
Transmission
Control
Protocol/Internet
Protocol
See TCP/IP.
UUCP Mapping
Project
UNIX-to-UNIX Copy Program. A utility and protocol that allows a UNIX machine to copy files
to another UNIX machine by means of serial lines. The mapping project is an effort to provide
a world-wide registry of host names. The current map is posted in the comp.mail.maps
newsgroup.
Verisign A dominant certificate authority on the internet, though many of its certificates are signed as
RSA Data Security. Early versions of Microsoft and Netscape browsers had RSA Data Security
configured as the only trusted certificate authority. This mandated that users who want to use
certificates on the Internet had to obtain them from Verisign and use server software accredited
by Verisign. Current versions of the Microsoft and Netscape browsers allow users to add new
certificate authorities. As older versions of the browsers are replaced, new certificate authorities
(such as Thawte) have emerged.
virtual host An alias name assigned to an FTP Server.
WAIS Wide Area Information Servers. A distributed information retrieval system. WAIS offers natural
language input, indexed searching, and a relevance feedback mechanism that allows current
search results to influence future search results.
Web server A server process, running at a Web site, that sends out Web pages in response to HTTP requests
from remote browsers. See also Apache Web Server.
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