ABSTRACT
As in almost any industry, the networking industry con-
tains far too many technical acronyms. Security terminol-
ogy is unfortunately not immune. Combining of security
terms with networking terms has resulted in a baffling
array of acronyms that will most probably not decrease in
the near future. Therefore, an apology is given in advance
to beginner readers with a recommendation to, when con-
fronted with an unfamiliar acronym, refer to the end of the
entry where all acronyms are defined.
