INDEX 567
dedicated-circuit, 273–78
distribution layer, 414
efficiency, 136
enterprise, 240
errors, 123
geographic scope of, 414–15
ground communication, 85
hypertext, 49
local area networks, 12
managed, 424–28
metropolitan area networks, 12
monitoring, 456–59
overlay, 219
packet-switched, 279–86
peer-to-peer, 12, 200
secure, 342
types of, 12–15, 94
users, 416
wide area networks, 15
New information services, 28–9
Next Generation Internet (NGI),
326, 328
Next Node, 507–08
Noise
impulse, 124
intermodulation, 125
white, 123
North America
communications in, 5–7
cellular telephone networks, 7
fax services, 6
history, 5–7
long-distance telephone, 6
picturefone service, 6
Telstar I satellite, 6
transatlantic voice connections, 6
transcontinental telephone
service, 6
NSFNET, 9, 10
N-tier architecture, 4 5–46
Null modem cable connections,
485–87
pin configurations, 486
O
Odd parity, 127
Omnidirectional antennas, 204
1 GbE, 212, 495
1000Base-T, 212, 226, 249, 490
100Base-T, 212, 218, 490
1 GbE, 490–91
One-time passwords, 384
1000Base-T standard, 212, 490
100Base-T standard, 212, 490
Online backup services, 360
Open Database Connectivity
(ODBC), 44
Open Shortest Path First (OSPF),
169
Open source software, closed,
source versus, 372
Open Systems Interconnection
Reference (OSI) model,
16–18
application layer, 18
data link layer, 16
network layer, 17
physical layer, 16
presentation layer, 17
session layer, 17
transport layer, 17
Operating systems, security, 371
Operating systems, server and,
client protection and,
369–74
Optical unit network (ONU), 322
Optical-electrical (OE) converter,
321
Optix Pro Trojan horse, 373
Ordered chaos, 211
Outgoing messages, accepting, 506
Outsourcing, disaster recovery,
360–61
Overhead bits, 136
Overlay networks, 219
Oversampling, 105
P
Packet assembly/disassembly
device (PAD), 280
Packet service, 284
unreliable, 283
Packet-level firewall, 364–65
Packet-switched networks, 279–86
asynchronous transfer mode,
282–83
basic architecture, 280–81
Ethernet services, 284–85
frame relay, 283–84
X.25, 484
Parallel transmission, 97
Parity bit, 126
Parity check, 126–27
Parity checking, 126
even parity, 127
odd parity, 127
Partial-mesh architecture, 276
Pass phrases, 383
Passive optical networking, 322
Passive scanning, 214
Passphrases, 383
Passwords, 383
cracking, 383
one-time, 384
Patch, 369
Patch cables, 247
Pbps, 27
Peering, 314
Peer-to-peer (P2P) architectures,
40, 46–47
advantages, 47
scalability, 47
Peer-to-peer LANs, 199–200
Peer-to-peer networks, 12, 200
Performance
designing for network, 424–63
managed networks and, 424–28
network circuits and, 428–30
network devices and, 430–32
Performance and failure statistics,
462–64
Performance improvement, in
satellite communications, 94
Performance management, 456–66
failure control function, 459–62
improving performance, 465–66
network monitoring, 456–59
performance and failure
statistics, 462–64
Performance statistics, 462–64
Perimeter security and firewalls,
362–69
application-level firewall, 365
firewall architecture, 366–68
network address translation
firewalls, 365–66
packet-level firewalls, 391–92
physical security, 367–68
Perl, 56