CompTIA Network+ N10-007 Acronym & Pictures Flashcards

Authentication Authorization and Accounting 1. Authentication has 2 components: Identification (Username or email address) and the authentication factor (Something you know, Something you have, Something you are, Somewhere you are or are not, Something you do) 2. Authorization: the rights and privileges assigned to a user to be able to perform their job. 3. Accounting or Auditing: Accounting is the process of recording system activities and resource access. Auditing is part of accounting where an administrator examines logs of what was recorded.

Authentication, Authorization, Accounting, and Auditing

Acknowledgment An acknowledgment signal is sent between hosts to signify receipt of the data as part of the connection-oriented communications protocol to indicate that data is received in the expected condition.

Access Control List A set of data (user names, passwords, time and date, IP address, MAC address, etc.) that is used to control access to a resource, such as a device, file, or network.

Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line

Advanced Encryption Standard Symmetric block cipher. Three different key sizes; 128, 192, & 256 bit. Used in BitLocker

Authentication Header An IPSec protocol that provides authentication as well as integrity & protection from replay attacks. Uses protocol # 51.

Access Point Sometimes referred to as a WAP (Wireless Access Point). An AP is a bridge between wireless and wired networks.

Angle Polished Connector

Application Programming Interface A library of programming utilities used, for example, to enable software developers to
access functions of the TCP/IP network stack under a particular operating system.

Automatic Private Internet Protocol Addressing A service that enables a DHCP client device to configure itself automatically with an IP address on the 169.254.0.0 network in case no DHCP servers respond to the client's DHCP discover broadcast.

Advanced Persistent Threat An attack that uses multiple attack vectors, attempt to remain hidden as to maintain a connection to compromised systems. You can normally tie this to nation-states (foreign countries).

American Registry for Internet Numbers

Address Resolution Protocol: A communication protocol that resolves IP addresses to MAC addresses.

Autonomous System A self-contained network on the Internet that deploys a single protocol and has a single administration. Also called a routing domain.