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Glossary

ATM: Asynchronous Transform Mode

CSU/DSU: Channel service unit/data service unit

DNS: Domain Name Server

ENSKIP: Encrypted IP tunnel communications and key-management protocol

IETF: Internet Engineering Task Force

LCP: Link Control Protocol

NTP: Network Time Protocol

PPTP: Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol

SMPT:Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

SOCKS: Networking proxy protocol to establish a secure data channel between client/server

TCP/IP: Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol

telco: Telephone Company

UDP: User Datagram Protocol

WAN: Wide Area Network