Network Protocol Virtualization or Network Protocol Stack Virtualization is a concept of providing network connections as a service, without concerning...

a virtual network. Network virtualization involves platform virtualization, often combined with resource virtualization. Network virtualization is categorized...

networks for internet access by connecting their customers using VPN tunneling protocols. The goal of a virtual private network is to allow network hosts...

Network functions virtualization (NFV) is a network architecture concept that leverages IT virtualization technologies to virtualize entire classes of...

computer. In hardware virtualization, the host machine is the machine that is used by the virtualization and the guest machine is the virtual machine. The words...

The Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) is a computer networking protocol that provides for automatic assignment of available Internet Protocol (IP)...

The Network Time Protocol (NTP) is a networking protocol for clock synchronization between computer systems over packet-switched, variable-latency data...

In computer networking, Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) is a data link layer (layer 2) communication protocol between two routers directly without any host...

Generic Network Virtualization Encapsulation (Geneve) is a network encapsulation protocol created by the IETF in order to unify the efforts made by other...

Systems' Open Network Environment and Nicira's network virtualization platform. SD-WAN applies similar technology to a wide area network (WAN). The history...

on virtual circuits, which was adopted by the CCITT in 1976. Computer manufacturers developed proprietary protocols such as IBM's Systems Network Architecture...

NETwork ARP Address Resolution Protocol ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode CHAP Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol CDP Cisco Discovery Protocol DCAP...

protocol data units, and enabling higher-level protocols to operate transparently. An alternative to virtual-circuit networks are datagram networks....

In computer networking, a token bus network is a network implementing a token-passing protocol over a virtual ring on a coaxial cable. A token is passed...

Registration Protocol, GARP VLAN Registration Protocol Network virtualization Private VLAN Software-defined networking Switch virtual interface Virtual Extensible...

In computer networking, Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol (SSTP) is a form of virtual private network (VPN) tunnel that provides a mechanism to transport...

similar computer networks according to functional criteria. The foundational protocols in the suite are the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), the User...

Virtual eXtensible LAN (VXLAN) is a network virtualization technology that uses a VLAN-like encapsulation technique to encapsulate OSI layer 2 Ethernet...

In computer networking, Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) is a tunneling protocol used to support virtual private networks (VPNs) or as part of the delivery...

computer network is a set of computers sharing resources located on or provided by network nodes. Computers use common communication protocols over digital...

the TCP/IP protocols in the development of the Internet, the term network socket is most commonly used in the context of the Internet protocol suite, and...

polarized over the issue of which communication protocol would result in the best and most robust networks. This culminated in the Internet–OSI Standards...

In computer networks, a tunneling protocol is a communication protocol which allows for the movement of data from one network to another. They can, for...

two computers over an Internet Protocol network. It is used in virtual private networks (VPNs). IPsec includes protocols for establishing mutual authentication...

Desktop virtualization can be used in conjunction with application virtualization and user profile management systems, now termed user virtualization, to...

The Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) is a network protocol that builds a loop-free logical topology for Ethernet networks. The basic function of STP is to...

dynamic-mesh VPN network without having to pre-configure (static) all possible tunnel end-point peers, including IPsec (Internet Protocol Security) and ISAKMP...

VNC (Virtual Network Computing) is a graphical desktop-sharing system that uses the Remote Frame Buffer protocol (RFB) to remotely control another computer...

9P (or the Plan 9 Filesystem Protocol or Styx) is a network protocol developed for the Plan 9 from Bell Labs distributed operating system as the means...

Network Virtualization using Generic Routing Encapsulation (NVGRE) is a network virtualization technology that attempts to alleviate the scalability problems...