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Policies and Operations
Protecting PERSONAL INFORMATION - A Guide for Business
What are the Sound Data Security Plan built on?
1. Take stock - Know what personal information you have on your computer
2. Scale down - Keep only what you need for your business
3. Lock it - Protect the information that you keep
Protect the information that you keep - Physical Security
Protect the information that you keep - Electronic Security
Protect the information that you keep - Password Management
Protect the information that you keep - Laptop Security and Firewalls
Protect the information that you keep - Wireless and Remote Access and Detecting Breaches
Protect the information that you keep - Employee Training
Security practices of contractors and service providers
4. Pitch it - Properly dispose of what you no longer need
5. Plan ahead - Create a plan for responding to security incidents
DMZ: DeMilitarized Zone in Networks
Layered Defenses of Network and Information Security
Network Security Management and Access Control
Windows Vista Standard User vs. Administrator
Windows Vista User Account Control
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TCP/IP Network Vulnerability and Security
Top Information and Networking Threats
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Network Protocol Suite Directory Index
AppleTalk: Apple Computer Protocols Suite
Cisco Protocols
Data Link
CDP: Cisco Discovery Protocol
DTP: Dynamic Trunk Protocol
ISL & DISL: Cisco Inter-Switch Link Protocol and Dynamic ISL Protocol
Network/Routing
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EIGRP: Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
HSRP: Hot Standby Routing Protocol
IGRP: Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
RGMP: Cisco Router Port Group Management Protocol
Other Cisco Protocols
NetFlow: Cisco Network Traffic Monitoring and Management Protocol
XOT: X.25 Over TCP
Security/VPN
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DECnet IV, DECnet Plus, DNA and OpenVMS
IBM SNA - Systems Network Architecture and Protocols
Data flow control
NetBIOS: Network Basic Input Output System
Data Link control
DLSw: Data-Link Switching protocol
IBM Presentation service
APPC: Advanced Program to Program Communication (SNA LU6.2)
IBM SNA NAU: Network Accessible Units (PU, LU and CP)
IBM Transaction services
IBM SMB: Server Message Block Protocol
Path control
APPN: Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking
Transmission control
NetBEUI: NetBIOS Extended User Interface
Important IETF request For Comments (RFCs)
Important IETF request For Comments (RFCs): 0 - 999
rfc768: User Datagram Protocol
rfc791: Internet Protocol
rfc792: Internet Control Message Protocol
rfc793: Transmission Control Protocol
rfc822: Standard for ARPA Internet Text Messages
rfc826: An Ethernet Address Resolution Protocol
rfc850: Standard for Interchange of USENET Messages
rfc854: Telnet Protocol Specification
rfc903: A Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
rfc904: Exterior Gateway Protocol Formal Specification
rfc908: Reliable Data Protocol
rfc950: Internet Standard Subnetting Procedure
rfc951: Bootstrap Protocol (BOOTP)
rfc954: NICNAME/WHOIS
rfc959: File Transper Protocol (FTP)
rfc977: Network News Transfer Protocol
rfc994: International Organization for Standardization (ISO 8473)
rfc995: International Organization for Standardization (ISO N4053)
Important IETF request For Comments (RFCs): 1000 - 1999
rfc1001: Protocol Standard for a NetBIOS Service on a TCP/UDP Transport: Concepts and Methods
rfc1002: Protocol Standard for a NetBIOS Service on a TCP/UDP Transport: Detalied Specifications
rfc1034: Domain Names - Concepts and Facilities
rfc1036: Standard for Interchange of USENET Messages
rfc1042: A Standard for the Transmission of IP Datagrams over IEEE 802 Networks
rfc1055: A Nonstandard for Transmission of IP Datagrams over Serial Lines: SLIP
rfc1057: RPC: Remote Procedure Call Protocol Specification Version 2
rfc1058: Routing Information Protocol
rfc1075: Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol
rfc1085: ISO Presentation Services on top of TCP/IP-based internets
rfc1094: NFS: Network File System Protocol Specification
rfc1112: Host Extensions for IP Multicasting
rfc1144: Compressing TCP/IP Headers for Low-Speed Serial Links
rfc1151: Version 2 of the Reliable Data Protocol (RDP)
rfc1155: Structure and Identification of Management Information for TCP/IP-based Internets
rfc1156: Management Information Base for Network Management of TCP/IP-based internets
rfc1157: A Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
rfc1189: The Common Management Information Services and Protocols for the Internet (CMOT and CMIP)
rfc1195: Use of OSI IS-IS for Routing in TCP/IP and Dual Environments
rfc1256: ICMP Router Discovery Messages
rfc1282: BSD Rlogin
rfc1288: The Finger User Information Protocol
rfc1305: Network Time Protocol (Version 3) Specification, Implementation and Analysis
rfc1308: Executive Introduction to Directory Services Using the X.500 Protocol
rfc1309: Technical Overview of Directory Services Using the X.500 Protocol
rfc1332: The PPP Internet Protocol Control Protocol (IPCP)
rfc1334: PPP Authentication Protocols
rfc1350: THE TFTP PROTOCOL (REVISION 2)
rfc1377: The PPP OSI Network Layer Control Protocol (OSINLCP)
rfc1441: Introduction to version 2 of the Internet-standard Network Management Framework
rfc1459: Internet Relay Chat Protocol
rfc1479: Inter-Domain Policy Routing Protocol Specification: Version 1
rfc1492: An Access Control Protocol, Sometimes Called TACACS
rfc1510: The Kerberos Network Authentication Service (V5)
rfc1542: Clarifications and Extensions for the Bootstrap Protocol
rfc1546: Host Anycasting Service
rfc1570: PPP LCP Extensions
rfc1584: Multicast Extensions to OSPF
rfc1585: MOSPF: Analysis and Experience
rfc1613: Cisco Systems X.25 over TCP (XOT)
rfc1629: Guidelines for OSI NSAP Allocation in the Internet
rfc1661: The Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)
rfc1735: NBMA Address Resolution Protocol (NARP)
rfc1738: Uniform Resource Locators (URL)
rfc1771: A Border Gateway Protocol 4 (BGP-4)
rfc1772: Application of the Border Gateway Protocol in the Internet
rfc1773: Experience with the BGP-4 protocol
rfc1774: BGP-4 Protocol Analysis
rfc1795: Data Link Switching: Switch-to-Switch Protocol AIW DLSw RIG: DLSw Closed Pages, DLSw Standard Version 1.0
rfc1813: NFS Version 3 Protocol Specification
rfc1831: RPC: Remote Procedure Call Protocol Specification Version 2
rfc1883: Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
rfc1901: Introduction to Community-based SNMPv2
rfc1902: Structure of Management Information for Version 2 of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv2)
rfc1918: Address Allocation for Private Internets
rfc1928: SOCKS Protocol Version 5
rfc1932: IP over ATM: A Framework Document
rfc1939: Post Office Protocol - Version 3
rfc1945: Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.0
rfc1963: PPP Serial Data Transport Protocol (SDTP)
rfc1964: The Kerberos Version 5 GSS-API Mechanism
rfc1968: The PPP Encryption Control Protocol (ECP)
rfc1990: The PPP Multilink Protocol (MP)
rfc1994: PPP Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP)
Important IETF request For Comments (RFCs): 2000 - 2999
rfc2021: Remote Network Monitoring Management Information Base Version 2 using SMIv2
rfc2022: Support for Multicast over UNI 3.0/3.1 based ATM Networks
rfc2030: Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP) Version 4 for IPv4, IPv6 and OSI
rfc2032: RTP Payload Format for H.261 Video Streams
rfc2043: The PPP SNA Control Protocol (SNACP)
rfc2045: Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part One: Format of Internet Message Bodies
rfc2046: Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part Two:Media Types
rfc2047: MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) Part Three: Message Header Extensions for Non-ASCII Text
rfc2048: Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part Four: Registration Procedures
rfc2049: Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part Five: Conformance Criteria and Examples
rfc2080: RIPng for IPv6
rfc2083: PNG (Portable Network Graphics) Specification Version 1.0
rfc2097: The PPP NetBIOS Frames Control Protocol (NBFCP)
rfc2114: Data Link Switching Client Access Protocol
rfc2125: The PPP Bandwidth Allocation Protocol (BAP)
rfc2126: ISO Transport Service on top of TCP (ITOT)
rfc2129: Toshiba's Flow Attribute Notification Protocol (FANP) Specification
rfc2131: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
rfc2132: DHCP Options and BOOTP Vendor Extensions
rfc2153: PPP Vendor Extensions
rfc2165: Service Location Protocol
rfc2166: APPN Implementer's Workshop Closed Pages Document
rfc2167: Referral Whois (RWhois) Protocol V1.5
rfc2190: RTP Payload Format for H.263 Video Streams
rfc2205: Resource ReSerVation Protocol (RSVP) - Version 1 Functional Specification
rfc2225: Classical IP and ARP over ATM
rfc2236: Internet Group Management Protocol, Version 2
rfc2246: The TLS Protocol Version 1.0
rfc2251: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (v3)
rfc2252: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (v3): Attribute Syntax Definitions
rfc2253: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (v3): UTF-8 String Representation of Distinguished Names
rfc2254: The String Representation of LDAP Search Filters
rfc2255: The LDAP URL Format
rfc2256: A Summary of the X.500(96) User Schema for use with LDAPv3
rfc2281: Cisco Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP)
rfc2284: PPP Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP)
rfc2326: Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP)
rfc2327: SDP: Session Description Protocol
rfc2328: OSPF Version 2
rfc2332: NBMA Next Hop Resolution Protocol (NHRP)
rfc2334: Server Cache Synchronization Protocol (SCSP)
rfc2338: Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol
rfc2341: Cisco Layer Two Forwarding (Protocol) "L2F"
rfc2353: APPN/HPR in IP Networks APPN Implementers' Workshop Closed Pages Document
rfc2362: Protocol Independent Multicast-Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification
rfc2364: PPP Over AAL5
rfc2390: Inverse Address Resolution Protocol
rfc2401: Security Architecture for the Internet Protocol
rfc2402: IP Authentication Header
rfc2406: IP Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP)
rfc2408: Internet Security Association and Key Management Protocol (ISAKMP)
rfc2409:The Internet Key Exchange (IKE)
rfc2411: IP Security Document Roadmap
rfc2412: The OAKLEY Key Determination Protocol
rfc2453: RIP Version 2
rfc2460: Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
rfc2461: Neighbor Discovery for IP Version 6 (IPv6)
rfc2463: Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6) for the Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
rfc2472: IP Version 6 over PPP
rfc2474: Definition of the Differentiated Services Field (DS Field) in the IPv4 and IPv6 Headers
rfc2475: An Architecture for Differentiated Services
rfc2484: PPP LCP Internationalization Configuration Option
rfc2508: Compressing IP/UDP/RTP Headers for Low-Speed Serial Links
rfc2516: A Method for Transmitting PPP Over Ethernet (PPPoE)
rfc2535: Domain Name System Security Extensions
rfc2578: Structure of Management Information Version 2 (SMIv2)
rfc2579: Textual Conventions for SMIv2
rfc2580: Conformance Statements for SMIv2
rfc2616: Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1
rfc2625: IP and ARP over Fibre Channel
rfc2631: Diffie-Hellman Key Agreement Method
rfc2632: S/MIME Version 3 Certificate Handling
rfc2633: S/MIME Version 3 Message Specification
rfc2637: Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP)
rfc2660: The Secure HyperText Transfer Protocol
rfc2661: Layer Two Tunneling Protocol "L2TP"
rfc2684: Multiprotocol Encapsulation over ATM Adaptation Layer 5
rfc2686: The Multi-Class Extension to Multi-Link PPP
rfc2719: Framework Architecture for Signaling Transport
rfc2740: OSPF for IPv6
rfc2743: Generic Security Service Application Program Interface Version 2, Update 1
rfc2744: Generic Security Service API Version 2 : C-bindings
rfc2748: The COPS (Common Open Policy Service) Protocol
rfc2750: RSVP Extensions for Policy Control
rfc2776: Multicast-Scope Zone Announcement Protocol (MZAP)
rfc2784: Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE)
rfc2818: HTTP Over TLS
rfc2819: Remote Network Monitoring Management Information Base
rfc2821: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
rfc2828: Internet Security Glossary
rfc2829: Authentication Methods for LDAP
rfc2830: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (v3): Extension for Transport Layer Security
rfc2858: Multiprotocol Extensions for BGP-4
rfc2863: The Interfaces Group MIB
rfc2865: Remote Authentication Dial In User Service (RADIUS)
rfc2866: RADIUS Accounting
rfc2910:Internet Printing Protocol/1.1: Encoding and Transport
rfc2910:Internet Printing Protocol/1.1: Encoding and Transport
rfc2960: Stream Control Transmission Protocol
rfc2974: Session Announcement Protocol
rfc2986: PKCS #10: Certification Request Syntax Specification Version 1.7
Important IETF request For Comments (RFCs): 3000 - 3999
rfc3748: Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP)
rfc3022: Traditional IP Network Address Translator (Traditional NAT)
rfc3031: Multiprotocol Label Switching Architecture
rfc3032: MPLS Label Stack Encoding
rfc3036: LDP Specification
rfc3057: ISDN Q.921-User Adaptation Layer
rfc3080: The Blocks Extensible Exchange Protocol Core
rfc3094: Tekelec's Transport Adapter Layer Interface
rfc3164:The BSD syslog Protocol
rfc3164:The BSD syslog Protocol
rfc3168: The Addition of Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) to IP
rfc3208: PGM Reliable Transport Protocol Specification
rfc3209: RSVP-TE: Extensions to RSVP for LSP Tunnels
rfc3212: Constraint-Based LSP Setup using LDP
rfc3213: Applicability Statement for CR-LDP
rfc3219: Telephony Routing over IP (TRIP)
rfc3241: Robust Header Compression (ROHC) over PPP
rfc3257:Stream Control Transmission Protocol Applicability Statement
rfc3261: SIP: Session Initiation Protocol
rfc3262: Reliability of Provisional Responses in the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
rfc3263: Session Initiation Protocol (SIP): Locating SIP Servers
rfc3264: An Offer/Answer Model with the Session Description Protocol (SDP)
rfc3265: Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)-Specific Event Notification
rfc3275: (Extensible Markup Language) XML-Signature Syntax and Processing
rfc3331: Signaling System 7 (SS7) Message Transfer Part 2 (MTP2) - User Adaptation Layer
rfc3332: Signaling System 7 (SS7) Message Transfer Part 3 (MTP3) - User Adaptation Layer (M3UA)
rfc3344: IP Mobility Support for IPv4
rfc3347: Small Computer Systems Interface protocol over the Internet (iSCSI) Requirements and Design Considerations
rfc3372: Session Initiation Protocol for Telephones (SIP-T): Context and Architectures
rfc3376: Internet Group Management Protocol, Version 3
rfc3377: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (v3): Technical Specification
rfc3396: Encoding Long Options in the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCPv4)
rfc3410: Introduction and Applicability Statements for Internet Standard Management Framework
rfc3411: An Architecture for Describing Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Management Frameworks
rfc3412: Message Processing and Dispatching for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
rfc3413: Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Applications
rfc3414: User-based Security Model (USM) for version 3 of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv3)
rfc3415: View-based Access Control Model (VACM) for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
rfc3416: Version 2 of the Protocol Operations for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
rfc3417: Transport Mappings for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
rfc3418: Management Information Base (MIB) for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
rfc3428: Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Extension for Instant Messaging
rfc3435: Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP) Version 1.0
rfc3443: Time To Live (TTL) Processing in Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) Networks
rfc3488: Cisco Systems Router-port Group Management Protocol (RGMP)
rfc3501: INTERNET MESSAGE ACCESS PROTOCOL - VERSION 4rev1
rfc3518: Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) Bridging Control Protocol (BCP)
rfc3525: Gateway Control Protocol Version 1
rfc3530: Network File System (NFS) version 4 Protocol
rfc3544: IP Header Compression over PPP
rfc3545: Enhanced Compressed RTP (CRTP) for Links with High Delay, Packet Loss and Reordering
rfc3550: RTP: A Transport Protocol for Real-Time Applications
rfc3551: RTP Profile for Audio and Video Conferences with Minimal Control
rfc3569: An Overview of Source-Specific Multicast (SSM)
rfc3584: Coexistence between Version 1, Version 2, and Version 3 of the Internet-standard Network Management Framework
rfc3618: Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP)
rfc3643: Fibre Channel (FC) Frame Encapsulation
rfc3661: Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP) Return Code Usage
rfc3720: Internet Small Computer Systems Interface (iSCSI)
rfc3761: The E.164 to Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI) Dynamic Delegation Discovery System (DDDS) Application (ENUM)
rfc3768: Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)
rfc3775: Mobility Support in IPv6
rfc3788: Security Considerations for Signaling Transport (SIGTRAN) Protocols
rfc3807: V5.2-User Adaptation Layer (V5UA)
rfc3821: Fibre Channel Over TCP/IP (FCIP)
rfc3853: S/MIME Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) Requirement for the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
rfc3860: Common Profile for Instant Messaging (CPIM)
rfc3868:Signalling Connection Control Part User Adaptation Layer (SUA)
rfc3873: Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) Management Information Base (MIB)
rfc3912: WHOIS Protocol Specification
rfc3913: Border Gateway Multicast Protocol (BGMP): Protocol Specification
rfc3917: Requirements for IP Flow Information Export (IPFIX)
rfc3920: Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP): Core
rfc3921: Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP): Instant Messaging and Presence
rfc3922: Mapping the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) to Common Presence and Instant Messaging (CPIM)
rfc3923: End-to-End Signing and Object Encryption for the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP)
rfc3936: Procedures for Modifying the Resource reSerVation Protocol (RSVP)
rfc3945: Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS) Architecture
rfc3951: Internet Low Bit Rate Codec (iLBC)
rfc3973: Protocol Independent Multicast - Dense Mode (PIM-DM): Protocol Specification (Revised)
rfc3977: Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP)
rfc3984: RTP Payload Format for H.264 Video
rfc3986: Uniform Resource Identifier (URI): Generic Syntax
Important IETF request For Comments (RFCs): 4000 - 4999
rfc4109: Algorithms for Internet Key Exchange version 1 (IKEv1)
rfc4120: The Kerberos Network Authentication Service (V5)
rfc4129: Digital Private Network Signaling System / Digital Access Signaling System 2 Extensions to the IUA Protocol
rfc4165: Signaling System 7 (SS7) Message Transfer Part 2 (MTP2) - User Peer-to-Peer Adaptation Layer (M2PA)
rfc4166: Telephony Signalling Transport over Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) Applicability Statement
rfc4168: The Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) as a Transport for the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
rfc4171: Internet Storage Name Service (iSNS)
rfc4172: iFCP - A Protocol for Internet Fibre Channel Storage Networking
rfc4233: Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) Q.921-User Adaptation Layer
rfc4248: The telnet URI Scheme
rfc4250: The Secure Shell (SSH) Protocol Assigned Numbers
rfc4251: The Secure Shell (SSH) Protocol Architecture
rfc4252: The Secure Shell (SSH) Authentication Protocol
rfc4254: The Secure Shell (SSH) Connection Protocol
rfc4266: The gopher URI Scheme
rfc4271: A Border Gateway Protocol 4 (BGP-4)
rfc4301:Security Architecture for the Internet Protocol
rfc4302: IP Authentication Header
rfc4303: IP Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP)
rfc4305: Cryptographic Algorithm Implementation Requirements for Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) and Authentication Header
rfc4306: Internet Key Exchange (IKEv2) Protocol
rfc4309: Using Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) CCM Mode with IPsec Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP)
rfc4320: Actions Addressing Identified Issues with the Session Initiation Protocol's (SIP) Non-INVITE Transaction
rfc4330: Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP) Version 4 for IPv4, IPv6 and OSI
rfc4338: Transmission of IPv6, IPv4, and Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) Packets over Fibre Channel
rfc4346: The Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol Version 1.1
rfc4493: The AES-CMAC Algorithm
rfc4502: Remote Network Monitoring Management Information Base Version 2
rfc4506: XDR: External Data Representation Standard
rfc4510: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP):Technical Specification Road Map
rfc4511: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP): The Protocol
rfc4512: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP):Directory Information Models
rfc4513: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP): Authentication Methods and Security Mechanisms
rfc4515: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP):String Representation of Distinguished Names
rfc4517: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP):Syntaxes and Matching Rules
rfc4518: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP):Internationalized String Preparation
rfc4519: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP):Schema for User Applications
rfc4521: Considerations for Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Extensions
rfc4523: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)Schema Definitions for X.509 Certificates
rfc4566: SDP: Session Description Protocol
rfc4587: RTP Payload Format for H.261 Video Streams
rfc4601: Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM):Protocol Specification (Revised)
rfc4604: IGMPv3/MLDv2 for SSM
rfc4615: The Advanced Encryption Standard-Cipher-based Message Authentication Code-Pseudo-Random Function-128 (AES-CMAC-PRF-128)
rfc4760: Multiprotocol Extensions for BGP-4
rfc4862: IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration
rfc4916: Connected Identity in the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
rfc4960: Stream Control Transmission Protocol
Important IETF request For Comments (RFCs): 5000 - 5999
rfc5015: Bidirectional Protocol Independent Multicast (BIDIR-PIM)
rfc5036: LDP Specification
rfc5059: Bootstrap Router (BSR) Mechanism for Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM)
rfc5072: IP Version 6 over PPP
rfc5080: Common Remote Authentication Dial In User Service (RADIUS) Implementation Issues and Suggested Fixes
rfc5095: Deprecation of Type 0 Routing Headers in IPv6
rfc5101: Specification of the IP Flow Information Export (IPFIX) Protocol for the Exchange of IP Traffic Flow Information
rfc5102: Information Model for IP Flow Information Export
rfc5103: Bidirectional Flow Export Using IP Flow Information Export (IPFIX)
rfc5214: Intra-Site Automatic Tunnel Addressing Protocol (ISATAP)
rfc5228: Sieve: An Email Filtering Language
rfc5229: Sieve Email Filtering: Variables Extension
rfc5230: Sieve Email Filtering: Vacation Extension
rfc5231: Sieve Email Filtering: Relational Extension
rfc5232: Sieve Email Filtering: Imap4flags Extension
rfc5233: Sieve Email Filtering: Subaddress Extension
rfc5235: Sieve Email Filtering: Spamtest and Virustest Extensions
Other Important IETF request For Comments (RFCs)
ITU-Q1970: Draft New ITU-T Recommendation Q.1970 BICC IP Bearer Control Protocol (Geneva, 2001)
tacacsPlus: The TACACS+ Protocol Version 1.76
ISO Protocols in OSI 7 Layers Reference Model
ISO Application Layer Protocols
ASN.1: Abstract Syntax Notation One
ISO ACSE: Association Control Service Element
ISO CMIP: Common Management Information Protocol
ISO FTAM: File Transfer Access and Management protocol
ISO ROSE: Remote Operations Service Element Protocol (X.229, ISO 9072)
ISO RTSE: Reliable Transfer Service Element Protocol
ISO VTP: ISO Virtual Terminal (VT) Protocol
X.400: ISO/ITU Message Handling Service Protocols (MHS or MHP)
X.500: Directory Access Protocol (DAP)
ISO Network Layer
ES-IS: End System to Intermediate System Routing Exchange Protocol
IS-IS: Intermediate System to Intermediate System Routing Protocol
ISO CLNP: Connectionless Network Protocol (ISO-IP)
ISO CONP: Connection-Oriented Network Protocol
ISO IDRP: Inter-Domain Routing Protocol
ISO Presentation Layer
ISO-PP: OSI Presentation Layer Protocol (X.226, ISO 8823)
ISO Session Layer
ISO-SP: OSI Session Layer Protocol (X.225, ISO 8327)
ISO Transport Layer
ISO-TP: OSI Transport Layer Protocols: TP0, TP1, TP2, TP3,TP4
Local Area Network and LAN Protocols
Ethernet
Ethernet: IEEE 802.3 Local Area Network (LAN) protocols
10 Gigabit Ethernet: The Ethernet Protocol IEEE 802.3ae for LAN, WAN and MAN
Ethernet Glossary
Fast Ethernet: 100Mbps Ethernet (IEEE 802.3u)
Gigabit (1000 Mbps) Ethernet: IEEE 802.3z (1000Base-X), 802.3ab (1000Base-T) and GBIC
FDDI
FDDI: Fiber Distributed Data Interface
Other Local Area Network and LAN Protocols
IEEE 802.1p: LAN Layer 2 QoS/CoS Protocol for Traffic Prioritization
LLC: Logic Link Control (IEEE 802.2)
SNAP: SubNetwork Access Protocol
STP: Spanning Tree Protocol in IEEE 802.1D
Token Ring
Token Ring: IEEE 802.5 LAN Protocol
VLAN
Cisco VTP: VLAN Trunking Protocol
GARP: Generic Attribute Registration Protocol
GMRP: GARP Multicast Registration Protocol
GVRP: GARP VLAN Registration Protocol
VLAN: Virtual Local Area Network and IEEE 802.1Q
WLAN and WPAN
IEEE 802.1X: EAP over LAN (EAPOL) for LAN/WLAN Authentication & Key Management
WPAN: Wireless Personal Area Network Communication Technologies
Metropolitan Area Network and MAN Protocols
DQDB: Distributed Queue Dual Bus Defined in IEEE 802.6
IEEE 802.16: Broadband Wireless MAN Standard (WiMAX)
SMDS: Switched Multimegabit Data Service
Microsoft Protocol Suite Overview
Microsoft CIFS: Common Internet File System protocol
Microsoft SOAP: Simple Object Access Protocol
Mobile Wireless Protocols
CDMA2000 Network Interfaces and Protocol Stack
CDMA2000: 3G Standard Based on CDMA IS-95
CDMA: Code Division Multiple Access
GPRS: General Packet Radio Service
GSM: Global System for Mobile Communications
UMTS Network Interfaces and Protocol Stack
UMTS: Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
WML: Wireless Markup Language
Network Security Technologies and Protocols: AAA, VPN and Firewall
DIAMETER Protocol
DiffServ: Differentiated Service Architecture in IP Network
GRE: Generic Routing Encapsulation
IKE: Internet Key Exchange Protocol
IPsec AH: IP Authentication Header
IPsec ESP: IP Encapsulating Security Payload
IPsec ISAKMP: Internet Security Association and Key Management Protocol
IPsec: Security Architecture for IP Network
Kerberos: Network Authentication Protocol
L2F: Layer 2 Forwarding Protocol
L2TP: Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol
PPTP: Point to Point Tunneling Protocol
Radius: Remote Authentication Dial In User Service
Socks: Protocol for sessions traversal across firewall securely
SSH: Secure Shell Protocol Overview
TLS: Transport Layer Security Protocol
Novell Protocols Overview
NetWare: Novell Network Operating System and Protocols
NLSP: NetWare Link Services Protocol
Novell IPX: Internetwork Packet Exchange protocol
Novell NCP: NetWare Core Protocol
Novell SPX: Sequenced Packet Exchange protocol
Others Protocols Overview
Audio Compression and Codec
Control Area Network (CAN) Protocol
FANP: Flow Attribute Notification Protocol
Video Compression and Codec
Xerox IDP: Internet Datagram Protocol
SS7 / C7: Signaling System # 7 for Telephony Signalling
