User EXEC mode lets you to see the FWSM settings. The user EXEC mode prompt appears as follows
user EXEC mode
when you first access the FWSM. See also
mode, and
Coordinated Universal Time. The time zone at zero degrees longitude, previously called Greenwich
UTC
Mean Time (GMT) and Zulu time. UTC replaced GMT in 1967 as the world time standard. UTC is
based on an atomic time scale rather than an astronomical time scale.
Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network. Networking protocol used for implementing wireless
UTRAN
networks in UMTS. GTP allows multi-protocol packets to be tunneled through a UMTS/GPRS
backbone between a GGSN, an
User-User Information Element. An element of an
UUIE
the message.
V
Virtual LAN. A group of devices on one or more LANs that are configured (using management
VLAN
software) so that they can communicate as if they were attached to the same physical network cable,
when in fact they are located on a number of different
logical instead of physical connections, they are extremely flexible.
Voice over IP. VoIP carries normal voice traffic, such as telephone calls and faxes, over an IP-based
VoIP
network. DSP segments the voice signal into frames, which then are coupled in groups of two and
stored in voice packets. These voice packets are transported using IP in compliance with ITU-T
specification H.323.
Virtual Private Network. A network connection between two peers over the public network that is
VPN
made private by strict authentication of users and the encryption of all data traffic. You can establish
VPNs between clients, such as PCs, or a headend, such as the FWSM.
See
virtual firewall
Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol. VRRP is an election protocol that dynamically assigns
VRRP
responsibility for one or more virtual router(s) to the VRRP router(s) on a LAN, allowing several
routers on a multiaccess link to utilize the same virtual IP address.
Vendor-specific attribute. An attribute in a
VSA
RADIUS
This lets different vendors have VSAs of the same number. The combination of a vendor number and
a VSA number makes a VSA unique. For example, the cisco-av-pair VSA is attribute 1 in the set of
VSAs related to vendor number 9. Each vendor can define up to 256 VSAs. A
contains any VSAs attribute 26, named Vendor-specific. VSAs are sometimes referred to as
subattributes.
W
wide-area network. Data communications network that serves users across a broad geographic area
WAN
and often uses transmission devices provided by common carriers.
Catalyst 6500 Series Switch and Cisco 7600 Series Router Firewall Services Module Configuration Guide using ASDM
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privileged EXEC
mode.
security
context.
RFCs. The
RADIUS
command-specific configuration
SGSN
and the UTRAN.
H.225
LAN
RADIUS
packet that is defined by a vendor rather than by
protocol uses IANA-assigned vendor numbers to help identify VSAs.
mode,
global configuration
packet that identifies the users implicated in
segments. Because VLANs are based on
RADIUS
Glossary
packet
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