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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