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Glossary – HP Traffic Director sa7220 User Manual

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Glossary

This section defines terms and acronyms used throughout the HP
Traffic Director Server Appliances User Guide
.

Certificate

A digitally-signed token in an SSL-encrypted transaction containing
information including the issuer (Certificate Authority that issued the
certificate), the organization that owns the certificate, public key, the
validity period for the certificate, and the hostname.

Cipher

Any encryption algorithm, either symmetric or public key, operating
either as a data stream or divided into blocks.

Client Authentication

A means of requesting client certificate for the purpose of verifying
identities

Client CA

See "Client Authentication"

CRL

Certificate Revocation List -- a timestamped list identifying revoked
certificates containing serial numbers

DHCP

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. This protocol allows servers
to dynamically assign IP addresses to nodes (workstations) on the fly.

DN

Distinguished Name. Used when creating a signing request.