How would you feel about your insurer or your finance company having access to data about your driving and where you go?
via Hit the road – with your insurer and lender keeping an eye on your driving — Naked Security
Speaker: Dr David Holder (Erion Ltd)
http://uknof.uk/42/Security is one of the most crucial factors in modern networks. Network operators are painfully aware of this. IPv6 brings new challenges, features and opportunities for network security.
This presentation provides a comprehensive overview of IPv6 security, why it needs to be taken seriously, how it differs from IPv4, the problems it presents and current IPv6 security techniques and best practice.
As IPv6 becomes more widespread, no one interested in network security or network forensics can afford to ignore security IPv6
https://twitter.com/l1quidcryst4l/status/958057132447993856?ref_src=twcamp%5Ecopy%7Ctwsrc%5Eandroid%7Ctwgr%5Ecopy%7Ctwcon%5E7090%7Ctwterm%5E2
I still do not (and never will) get why some people endorse weakening security. It will never result in good. Only making it easier for the crooks to get our data from all the vulnerable devices still in existence today. (And more to come if the proposal gets through parliament)
You learn “hacking away” when reading ’bout the affairs of Ukraine and the stability of it IT infrastructure being knocked offline time-and-time again.
“The hackers don’t want us to finish the movie,” Yasinsky’s wife joked.
via Russia’s Cyberwar on Ukraine Is a Blueprint For What’s to Come | WIRED
https://xkcd.com/1820/
The list is still subject to updates and changes from time to time. Last updated: 20170121.
| Acronym | Definition | Comment |
| Acronym | Definition | Comment |
| 6PE | IPv6 Provider Edge Router | |
| 6VPE | IPv6 Virtual Private Network Provider Edge Router | |
| ABC | Abstract Base Class | |
| ACE | Access Control Entry | |
| ACID | Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, and Durability | |
| ACL | Access Control List | |
| ACPI | Advanced Configuration and Power Interface | |
| ADO | ActiveX® Data Objects | |
| ADSI | Active Directory Service Interfaces | |
| AF | Address Family | |
| AFI | Address Family Identifier | |
| AIC | Application Integration Component | |
| ANSI | American National Standards Institute | |
| ANSI SQL | American National Standards Institute Structured Query Language | |
| API | Application Programming Interface | |
| APM | Advanced Power Management | |
| APPC | Advanced Program-to-Program Communication | |
| ARP | Address Resolution Protocol | |
| ASA | Adaptive Security Applicance | Cisco |
| ASAv | Adaptive Security Virtual Applicance | Cisco |
| ASCII | American Standard Code for Information Interchange | |
| ASP | Active Server Pages | |
| ASR | Aggregation Service Routers | Cisco |
| ATL | ActiveX® Library Template | |
| ATM | Asynchronous Transfer Mode | |
| AXFR | Asynchronous Full Transfer Zone | |
| BASH | Bourne Again Shell | |
| BDC | Backup Domain Controller | |
| BDM | Business Development Manager | |
| BFD | Bidirectional Forwarding Detection | |
| BGP | Border Gateway Protocol | |
| BINL | Boot Information Negotiation Layer | |
| BIOS | Basic Input/Output System | |
| BLOB | Binary Large Object | |
| BSD | Berkeley Software Distribution | |
| CA | Certification Authority | |
| CAL | Client Access License | |
| CDFS | Compact Disk File System | |
| CE | Customer Edge Router | |
| CICS | Customer Interface Control System | |
| CIFS | Common Internet File System | |
| CIM | 1. Common Information Model 2. Computer Information Model | |
| CIP | Commerce Interchange Pipeline | |
| CLB | Component Load Balancing | |
| CLSID | Class Identifier | |
| CMOS | Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor | |
| COFF | Common Object File Format | |
| COM | Component Object Model | |
| COMAdmin | Component Services Administration | |
| CoPP | ||
| CORBA | Common Object Request Broker Architecture | |
| CPE | Customer Premise Equipment | |
| CRM | Compensating Resource Manager | |
| CSMI | CICS Mirror Transaction | |
| CSR | Cloud Services Router | Cisco |
| CSR-X | Carrier Routing System | Cisco |
| cSRX | Juniper | |
| CTM | Coordinating Transaction Manager | |
| DACL | Discretionary Access Control List | |
| DB | Database | |
| DBG | Debug Format | |
| DBMS | Database Management System | |
| DCOM | Distributed Component Object Mode | |
| DDF | 1. Distributed Database Facility 2. Data Decryption Field | |
| DDL | Data Definition Language | |
| DDM/DRDA | Distributed Data Management / Distributed Relational Data Access | |
| DDNS | Dynamic Domain Name Service | |
| DFS | Distributed File System | |
| DHCP | Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol | |
| DHTML | Dynamic HTML | |
| DLL | Dynamic-link Library | |
| DMI | Desktop Management Interface | |
| DML | Data Manipulation/Modification Language | |
| DMTF | 1. Distributed Management Task Force 2. Desktop Management Task Force | |
| DNA | Distributed InterNet Applications | |
| DNS | Domain Name System | |
| DPA | Demand Protocol Architecture | |
| DPL | Distributed Program Link | |
| DRF | Data Recovery Field | |
| DSA | Directory System Agent | |
| DSN | 1. Data Source Name 2. Domain Server Name | |
| DTC | Distributed Transaction Coordinator | |
| DTD | Document Type Definition | |
| DTS | Data Transformation Services | |
| DVD | Digital Video (or Versatile) Disk | |
| EAP | 1. Extensible Authentication Protocol 2. Early Adopter Program | |
| ECMA | European Computer Manufacturing Association | |
| EDI | Electronic Data Interchange | |
| EFD | Early Fast Discard | |
| EFS | Encrypting File System (Windows 2000) | |
| EGP | Exterior Gateway Protocol | |
| EHLLAPI | Extended HLLAPI | |
| EIGRP | Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol | |
| ELSA | Electronic Library Services and Applications | |
| EPN | ||
| ERP | Enterprise Resource Planning | |
| EX | Juniper | |
| EXE | Executable File | |
| FAT | File Allocation Table | |
| FEK | File Encryption Key | |
| FPNW | File and Print Services for NetWare | |
| FQDN | Fully Qualified Domain Name | |
| FIB | Forward Information Base | |
| FTP | File Transfer Protocol | |
| GC | Global Catalog | |
| GDB | GNU Debugger | |
| GINA | Graphical Identification and Authentication | |
| GIT | Global Interface Table | |
| GPE | Group Policy Editor | |
| GPL | General Public License | |
| GPO | Group Policy Object | |
| GRE | Generic Routing Encapsulation | |
| GSNW | Gateway Services for NetWare | |
| GSSC | Global Solutions Support Center | |
| GTM | Go to Market | |
| GUI | Graphic User Interface | |
| HA | High Availability | |
| HAL | Hardware Abstraction Layer | |
| HCL | Hardware Compatibility List | |
| HIP | High Impact Project | |
| HKCU | HKey_Current_User | |
| HKLM | HKey_Local_Machine | |
| HLLAPI | High Level Language Application Programming Interface | |
| HSM | Hierarchical Storage Management | |
| HTML | Hypertext Markup Language | |
| HTTP | Hypertext Transfer Protocol | |
| IANA | Internet Assigned Numbers Authority | |
| IDE | 1. Integrated Development Environment 2. Integrated Drive Electronics | |
| IDL | 1. Interface Description Language 2. Interface Definition Language | |
| IDOC | Intermediate Document | |
| IEAK | Internet Explorer Administrator Kit | |
| IETF | Internet Engineering Task Force | |
| IGP | Interior Gateway Protocol | |
| IID | Interface Identifier | |
| IIS | Internet Information Services (Internet Information Server) | |
| IME | Input Method Editor | |
| IMIX | ||
| IMS | Information Management System | |
| IOS | Cisco | |
| IOS XE | Cisco | |
| IOS XR | Cisco | |
| IOS XRv | Cisco | |
| IOS XRv 9000 | Cisco | |
| IP | 1. Internet Protocol 2. Intellectual Property | |
| IPC | Interprocess Communication | |
| IPFIX | ||
| IPSec | Internet Protocol Security | |
| IPX | Internetwork Packet eXchange | |
| IPv4 | Internet Protocol Version 4 | |
| IPv6 | Internet Protocol Version 6 | |
| IrDA | Infrared Data Association | |
| ISAM | Indexed Sequential Access Method | |
| ISIS | Intermediate System to Intermediate System | Juniper |
| ISO | International Organization for Standardization | |
| ISV | Independent Software Vendor | |
| ITIL | Information Technology Infrastructure Library | |
| ITS | Incompatible Time-Sharing System | |
| IXFR | Incremental Transfer | |
| IXP | Internet Exchange Point | |
| JDBC | Java Data Base Connectivity | |
| JIT | Just-in-Time | |
| JMS | Java Message Service | |
| JNDI | Java Naming and Directory Interface | |
| JRMI | Java Remote Method Invocation | |
| JTAC | Juniper Technical Assistance Center | Juniper |
| JTS | Java Transaction Service | |
| JUNOS | Junos Network Operating System | Juniper |
| KCC | Knowledge Consistency Checker | |
| KDC | Key Distribution Center | |
| KVM | Kernel-based Virtual Machine | |
| L2TP | Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol | |
| L2VPN | Layer-2 Virtual Private Network | |
| L3VPN | Layer-3 Virtual Private Network | |
| LAN | Local Area Network | |
| LCE | Loosely Coupled Events | |
| LDAP | Lightweight Directory Access Protocol | |
| LDP | Label Distribution Protocol | |
| LISP | List Processor | |
| LORG | Large Organization | |
| LPTS | Local Packet Transport Services | |
| LSA | Local Security Authority | |
| LU | Logical Unit | |
| LXC | Linux Containers | |
| MAC | Media Access Control | |
| MDAC | Microsoft Data Access Components | |
| MFI | Multiprotocol Label Switching Forwarding Infrastructure | |
| MGBL | ||
| MICR | Magnetic Ink Character Recognition | |
| MIME | Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions | |
| MLV | Multilanguage Version | |
| MMC | Microsoft Management Console | |
| MOF | Managed Object Format | |
| MOM | Microsoft Operations Manager | |
| MORG | Medium-sized Organization | |
| MP-BGP | Multiprotocol Extensions for Border Gateway Protocol | |
| MPLS | Multiprotocol Label Switching | |
| MQS | Message Queue Series | |
| MRO | Maintenance Repair and Operations | |
| MSCS | Microsoft Cluster Service | |
| MSDE | 1. Microsoft Data Engine 2. Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine | |
| MSF | Microsoft Solutions Framework | |
| MSI | Microsoft Windows Installer | |
| MSMQ | Message Queuing | |
| MSP | 1. Managed Service Provider 2. Messaging Service Provider 3. Message Security Protocol | |
| MTA | Multi-threaded Architecture | |
| MTS | 1. Microsoft Transaction Server 2. Microsoft Technical Support | |
| MVS | Multiple Virtual System | |
| NAL | NetWare Applications Launcher | |
| NAV | Net Asset Value | |
| NCP | 1. Network Control Program 2. Network Control Protocol 3. NetWare Core Protocol | |
| NCS | ||
| NDIS | Network Driver Interface Specification | |
| NDPS | Novell Distributed Print Services | |
| NDS | NetWare Directory Service | |
| NFS | Network File System | |
| NFV | Network Forward Virtualization | |
| NGF | Next Generation Firewall | |
| NIC | 1. Network Interface Card 2. Network Adapter 3. Network Information Center | |
| NIS | Network Information Service | |
| NLB | Network Load Balancing | |
| NLS | National Language Support | |
| NNTP | Network News Transport Protocol | |
| NTLM | NT LAN-Manager | |
| NTP | Network Time Protocol | |
| NTW | New Technology Workstation | |
| NVT | Network Virtual Terminal | |
| OCR | Optical Character Recognition | |
| OCX | 1. OLE Custom Control 2. OLE Control Extension | |
| ODBC | Open Database Connectivity | |
| OLAP | Online Analytical Processing | |
| OLTP | Online Transaction Processing | |
| OMG | Object Management Group | |
| OO | Object Oriented | |
| OOAD | Object Oriented Analysis and Design | |
| OPP | Order Processing Pipeline | |
| ORB | Object Request Broker | |
| OS | Operating System | |
| OSPF | Open Shortest Path First | |
| OSTA | Optical Storage Technology Association | |
| OTM | Object Transaction Middleware | |
| PAC | Privilege Attribute Certificate | |
| PCL | Printer Control Language | |
| PCMCIA | Personal Computer Memory Card International Association | |
| PDC | Primary Domain Controller | |
| PE | Provider Edge | |
| PEC | Primary Enterprise Controller | |
| PG | Product Group | |
| PIE | ||
| PK | Primary Key | |
| PKI | Public Key Infrastructure | |
| PMI | Project Management Institute | |
| PnP | Plug and Play | |
| POS | 1. Programmable Option Select 2. Point of Sale 3. Point of Service 4. Packet Over Sonet 5. Persistent Object Server | |
| POSIX | Portable Operating System Interface | |
| PPP | Point-to-Point Protocol | |
| PPTP | Point to Point Tunneling Protocol | |
| PSS | Product Support Services | |
| PTM | Participating Transaction Manager | |
| PTR | Point-in-Time Repair | |
| PXE | Pre-boot Execution Environment | |
| QCE | Quality Customer Experience | |
| QEMU | Quick Emulator | |
| QFE | Quick Fix Engineering | |
| QoS | Quality of Service | |
| QvPC | QNAP virtualized Personal Computer | |
| OTT | Over-The-Top | |
| RADIUS | Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service | |
| RAID | Redundant Array of Independent Disks | |
| RAS | Remote Access Services | |
| RD | Route Distinguisher | |
| RDO | Remote Data Object | |
| RDP | 1. Remote Display (or Desktop) Protocol 2. Reliable Datagram Protocol | |
| RDS | Remote Data Services | |
| RFC | Request for Comment | |
| RIB | Routing Information Base | |
| RID | 1. Relative Identifier 2. Record ID | |
| RIP | Routing Information Protocol | |
| RIS | Remote Installation Services | |
| RM | Resource Manager | |
| ROLAP | Relational Online Analytical Processing | |
| RPC | Remote Procedure Call | |
| RPM | ||
| RR | 1. Resource Records 2. Route Reflector | |
| RSM | Removable Storage Management | |
| RSS | Remote Storage | |
| RT | Route Target | |
| RTL | Register Transfer Language | |
| RUP | Roaming User Profile | |
| SACL | System Access-Control List | |
| SAM | Security Accounts Manager | |
| SAN | Storage Area Network | |
| SAS | 1. Secure Attention Sequence 2. Serial Attached SCSI | |
| SCA | Security Configuration and Analysis | |
| SCE | Security Configuration Editor | |
| SCM | 1. Service Control Manager 2. Security Control Monitor | |
| SCSI | Small Computer System Interface | |
| SCTS | Security Configuration Toolset | |
| SD | Security Descriptor | |
| SDI | 1. Secure Dial-In 2. Single Document Interface 3. Smart Database Interface | |
| SDK | Software Development Kit | |
| SDN | Software Defined Networking | |
| SFU | Windows Services for UNIX | |
| SI | System Integrator | |
| SID | Security Identifier | |
| SIS | Single Instance Store | |
| SMB | Server Message Block | |
| SMS | Systems Management Server | |
| SMTP | Simple Mail Transfer Protocol | |
| SMU | ||
| SNA | Systems Network Architecture | |
| SNMP | Simple Network Management Protocol | |
| SP | Stored Procedure | |
| SPM | Shared Property Manager | |
| SR | Secure Router | Cisco |
| SRM | Security Reference Monitor | |
| SRX | Juniper | |
| SSD | Solid State Disk | |
| SSL | Secure Socket Layer | |
| SSO | Single Sign-on | |
| SSPI | Security Support Provider Interface | |
| SVID | System V Interface Definition | |
| SAA | System Application Architecture | |
| TAC | Technical Assistance Center | Cisco |
| TCE | Tightly Coupled Events System | |
| TCO | Total Cost of Ownership | |
| TCP/IP | Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol | |
| TCT | Terminal Control Table | |
| TFTP | Trivial File Transfer Protocol | |
| TGS | Ticket-Granting Service | |
| TGT | 1. Transaction Group Type 2. Ticket Granting Ticket 3. Target Tracker | |
| TIP | Transaction Internet Protocol | |
| TLB | Type Library | |
| TLS | Thread Local Storage | |
| TM | Transaction Manager | |
| TP | Transaction Program | |
| TPD | Transactions Per Day | |
| TPH | Transactions Per Hour | |
| TPM | Transactions Per Minute | |
| TPS | Transactions Per Second | |
| TSA | Target Service Agent | |
| TTL | Time to Live | |
| UCS | 1. User Coordinate System 2. Universal Character Set 3. Unicode Conversion Support 4. Unified Communication Server | |
| UDF | 1. Universal Disk Format 2. User-defined function 3. Uniqueness Database File | |
| UDP | User Datagram Protocol | |
| UI | User Interface | |
| UML | 1. Unified Modeling Language 2. Universal Markup Language | |
| UNC | Universal Naming Convention | |
| UPN | User Principal Name | |
| URL | Uniform Resource Locator | |
| uRPF | ||
| USB | Universal Serial Bus | |
| USMT | User State Migration Tool | |
| USN | Update Sequence Numbers | |
| UTF | Unicode Transformation Format | |
| VAN | Value Added Network | |
| vCenter | VMware | |
| vCPE | Virtual Customer Premise Equipment | |
| vESA | Cisco | |
| VM | Virtual Machine | |
| vNAM | Cisco | |
| VNF | ||
| vPE | Virtual Provider Edge | |
| VPN | Virtual Private Network | |
| VRF | Virtual Private Network Routing and Forwarding Instance | |
| vRR | Virtualized Route Reflector | |
| VRRP | ||
| vSphere | VMware | |
| vSRX | Juniper | |
| vWLC | ||
| vWSA | ||
| vWAAS | ||
| VxD | Virtual Device Driver | |
| WAN | Wide Area Network | |
| WBEM | Web-based Enterprise Management | |
| WDM | Win32 Driver Model | |
| WFP | Windows File Protection | |
| WHQL | Windows Hardware Quality Lab | |
| WINS | Windows Internet Name Service | |
| WMI | Windows Management Instrumentation | |
| WQL | WMI Query Language | |
| WRED | ||
| WSH | Windows Script Host | |
| XA | Extended Architecture | |
| XDR | External Data Representation | |
| XML | Extensible Markup Language | |
| XML TI | XML Transaction Integration | |
| XSL | Extensible Style Language | |
| XSLT | Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations | |
| Yang | ||
| ZAW | Zero Administration for Windows |
Sources (amongst each other):
As cloud computing, big data and the deployment of mega-scale data centers accelerates, organizations need to continually recalibrate and evolve the network. This challenge has led to the development of new technologies and standards designed to increase and optimize network capacity, security and flexibility, all while keeping a lid on cost. Here are the top five trends as we see them:
* Rapid Adoption of 802.11ac. Tablets and smartphones are becoming ubiquitous in the workplace. As the number of mobile devices and the deployment of cloud-based enterprise services continues to scale at a dramatic rate, the keepers of the network must reconsider how they provision, secure and control enterprise computing resources and information access.
via Five network trends challenging the enterprise | Network World.
