A virtual security switch is a software Ethernet switch with embedded security controls within it that runs within virtual environments such as VMware...

access or operation, distinct from a virtual security switch which offers software protection. Security switches should be operated by an authorized user...

VXLAN endpoints, which terminate VXLAN tunnels and may be either virtual or physical switch ports, are known as VXLAN tunnel endpoints (VTEPs). VXLAN is an...

vSwitch (OVS) is an open-source implementation of a distributed virtual multilayer switch. The main purpose of Open vSwitch is to provide a switching stack...

guest virtual machine already running, a purpose-built virtual security appliance designed with virtual network security in mind, a virtual switch with...

logic, within the local area network. Basically, a VLAN behaves like a virtual switch or network link that can share the same physical structure with other...

Nintendo Switch 2 is a hybrid video game console developed by Nintendo, released in most regions on June 5, 2025. Like the original Switch, it can be...

VPN (EVPN) is a technology for carrying layer 2 Ethernet traffic as a virtual private network using wide area network protocols. EVPN technologies include...

Virtual Cluster Switching (VCS) fabric technology is a Layer 2 proprietary Ethernet technology from Brocade Communications Systems, later acquired by...

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

Virtual private network (VPN) is a network architecture for virtually extending a private network (i.e. any computer network which is not the public Internet)...

VLAN hopping is a computer security exploit, a method of attacking networked resources on a virtual LAN (VLAN). The basic concept behind all VLAN hopping...

2025, Nintendo announced that the Switch consoles — including the original Switch and its successor – will support Virtual Game Cards. With this feature,...

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

OVN (Open Virtual Network) is a system to support virtual network abstraction. OVN complements the existing capabilities of Open vSwitch to add native...

functions such as Nintendo Switch Online, GameChat (on Nintendo Switch 2), the News, eShop, Album, GameShare, Controller settings, Virtual Game Cards, System...

including one wherein a computer-animated Scully fights nurses in a virtual hospital. "Kill Switch" deals with various "Gibsonian" themes, including alienation...

incentive to switch to virtual memory for all systems. The additional capability of providing virtual address spaces added another level of security and reliability...

packets. Label-switched paths (LSPs) are established by the network operator for a variety of purposes, such as to create network-based IP virtual private networks...

Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S released at later dates. In July 2023, free downloadable content titled Ruin was released. Security Breach...

a Lithuanian VPN service founded in 2012. NordVPN is developed by Nord Security (formerly Nordsec Ltd), a cybersecurity software company that was initially...

controller, and virtual switching and tap monitoring applications. In February 2012, HP said it is supporting the standard on 16 of its Ethernet switch products...

In computing, a virtual address space (VAS) or address space is the set of ranges of virtual addresses that an operating system makes available to a process...

from meeting the performance, availability, security, and mobility requirements of server virtualization. VAL is a product strategy that delivers features...

80386 with its virtual 8086 mode became available (as samples since October 1985 and in quantities since June 1986), Digital Research switched to use this...

employed to compromise the security of network switches. The attack works by forcing legitimate MAC table contents out of the switch and forcing a unicast...

Cisco Systems. One result was the Cisco Nexus 1000V, a distributed virtual software switch, an integrated option in the VMware infrastructure. In April 2011...

breaches of security. In addition, the most privileged ring may be given special capabilities (such as real memory addressing that bypasses the virtual memory...

systems, isolating security domains—in the case of operating systems, the kernel, processes, and virtual machines—is key to achieving security. Other ways to...

scripts or send alerts when state changes occur in the switch, such as an interface going down or a virtual machine migrating to another host. Event Monitor...