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Useful Protocol Abbreviations

    Some Useful Protocol Abbreviations

Protocol is the special set of rules that end points in a telecommunication connection use when they communicate. Protocols specify interactions between the communicating entities.

ARP        Address Resolution Protocol

AFP        AppleTalk Filing Protocol

ALP        Appliance Link Protocol

BGP       Border Gateway Protocol

BIND      Berkeley Internet Name Domain

BCP        Binary Control Protocol

BOP       Bit-Oriented Protocol

BOOTP  Bootstrap Protocol

CGI         Common Gateway Interface

DDP       Datagram Delivery Protocol

DHCP    Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

DIP         Dialup Internet Protocol

DNS       Domain Name Server protocol

DRP        Distribution and Replication Protocol

ESMTP  Extended Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

ECP Encryption Control Protocol

EGP        Exterior Gateway Protocol

FCP        Fibre Channel Protocol

FTP         File Transfer Protocol

GTP        GPRS Tunnelling Protocol

GREP     Global Regular Expression Print

HTTPS   Secure HypterText Transfer Protocol

HTTP     Hypertext Transfer Protocol

IMAP     Interim Mail Access Protocol

IP            Internet Protocol

IIP           Internet Imaging Protocol

ICA         Independent Computing Architecture

IPP         Internet Printing Protocol

IGP         Interior Gateway Protocol

ICMP     Internet Control Message Protocol

IPv6       revised version of IP

ISCSI      Internet Small Computer Systems Interface

IGRP      Interior Gateway Routing Protocol

IDP         Internet Datagram Protocol

LAP        Link Access Procedure

LFTP       Leech File Transfer Protocol

LDAP     Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

L2F         Layer 2 Forwarding protocol, permits the tunneling of the link layer of higher layer protocols

L2TP       Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol, used for integrating multiprotocol dialup services into existing ISP POP

LAT         Local Area Transport protocol, designed to handle multiplexed terminal traffic to/from timesharing hosts

MARS    Multicast Address Resolution Server

MDLP    Mobile Data Link Protocol

MOP      Maintenance Operation Protocol, utility services such as uploading and downloading system software, remote testing and problem diagnosis

NTP        Network Time Protocol, time synchronization system for computer clocks through the Internet network

NNTP    Network News Transfer Protocol

NCP       NetWare Core Protocol

NFS        Sun Network File System, file sharing application for the Sun protocol suite.

OTP        Open Trade Protocol

OSPF     Open Shortest Path First, linkstate routing protocol used for routing IP

PPTP      PointtoPoint Tunneling Protocol, allows PPP to be channeled through an IP network

PPP        PointtoPoint Protocol, designed for simple links which transport packets between two peers.

POP3     Post Office Protocol version 3, permits workstations to dynamically access a maildrop on a server host

Ping         Packet Internet Groper

PAP        Printer Access Protocol, manages the virtual connection to printers and other servers

RIP         Routing Information Protocol, maintains a database of network hosts and exchange information about the topology of the network

RLOGIN                Remote Login, allows UNIX users of one machine to connect to other UNIX systems across the Internet and interact as if their terminals are directly connected to the machines

RLP         Radio Link Protocol

RPM      Red Hat Package Manager

RP           Routing Protocol, distributes routing information among DECnet hosts.

SSP         Serial Storage Protocol

SGD       Secure Global Desktop

SPF         Shortest Path First

SRP        Extreme Standby Router Protocol

SSH        Secure Shell

SLIP        Serial Line Internet Protocol

SSL         Secure Sockets Layer

SMB       Server Message Block, Microsoft presentation layer protocol providing file and print sharing functions for LAN Manager, Banyan VINES and other networking operating systems.

SMTP    Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, mail service modeled on the FTP file transfer service

SNMP   Simple Network Management Protocol, developed by the Internet community to allow diverse network objects to participate in a global network management architecture.

TCP        Transmission Control Protocol, provides a reliable stream delivery and virtual connection service to applications through the use of sequenced acknowledgement with retransmission of packets when necessary

TFTP      Trivial File Transfer Protocol, supports file writing and reading

TELNET Terminal emulation protocol

UDP       User Datagram Protocol, provides a simple but unreliable message service for transaction oriented services

ULP        Upper Layer Protocol

UDA       Universal Data Access

VRRP     Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol

VPN       Virtual Private Network

VCI          Virtual Channel Identifier.

VSFTPD Very Secure File Transfer Protocol Daemon

WDP      Wireless Datagram Protocol

WSP      Wireless Session Protocol

WAP      Wireless Application Protocol

WDOG Watchdog protocol, provides constant validation of active workstation connections and notifies the NetWare operating system when a connection may be terminated as a result of lengthy periods without communication

WTP      Wireless Transaction Protocol

XMPP    Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol

YUM      Yellowdog Updater Modified

 

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