Glossary
- DoS (denial of service)—
-
A specific type of network attack that overloads some aspect of a server's network communication to force the server to deny access to legitimate traffic.
- PIX (Private Internet Exchange)—
-
The Cisco range of leading hardware-based firewalls.
- VPN (Virtual Private Network)—
-
A secure connection over an unsecured medium. The connection is secured by the use of tunneling encryption and protocols.
Get Cisco® Secure Internet Security Solutions now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
