A network access server (NAS) is a group of components that provides remote users with a point of access to a network. A NAS concentrates dial-in and...

UDP. Network access servers, which control access to a network, usually contain a RADIUS client component that communicates with the RADIUS server. RADIUS...

clients and servers communicate over a computer network on separate hardware, but both client and server may be on the same device. A server host runs one...

In computing, a file server (or fileserver) is a computer attached to a network that provides a location for shared disk access, i.e. storage of computer...

computer networking, a proxy server is a server application that acts as an intermediary between a client requesting a resource and the server providing...

A jump server, jump host or jump box is a system on a network used to access and manage devices in a separate security zone. A jump server is a hardened...

A storage area network (SAN) or storage network is a computer network which provides access to consolidated, block-level data storage. SANs are primarily...

The primary application scenario is to enable serial devices to access network server applications, or vice versa, where security of the data on the LAN...

network to a server on a different device. Typical servers are database servers, file servers, mail servers, print servers, web servers, game servers...

requirements. NAP was deprecated in Windows Server 2012 R2 and removed from Windows Server 2016. Network Access Protection Client Agent makes it possible...

Network-attached storage (NAS) is a file-level computer data storage server connected to a computer network providing data access to a heterogeneous group...

making the lower network invisible or not directly usable). A VPN can extend access to a private network to users who do not have direct access to it, such...

Network Policy and Access Services (NPAS) is a component of Windows Server 2008. It replaces the Internet Authentication Service (IAS) from Windows Server...

remote access server (BRAS, B-RAS or BBRAS) routes traffic to and from broadband remote access devices such as digital subscriber line access multiplexers...

network of IT devices. A remote access service connects a client to a host computer, known as a remote access server. The most common approach to this...

as RADIUS and Diameter. Almost all network operating systems support PPP with CHAP, as do most network access servers. CHAP is also used in PPPoE, for authenticating...

A name server is a computer application that implements a network service for providing responses to queries against a directory service. It translates...

server computer offering multiple services) and accessed via a network by client components running on other devices. However, the client and server components...

nodes on a network. On Microsoft Windows, the SMB implementation consists of two vaguely named Windows services: "Server" (ID: LanmanServer) and "Workstation"...

A client access license (CAL) is a commercial software license that allows client computers to use server software services. Most commercial desktop apps...

A web server is computer software and underlying hardware that accepts requests via HTTP (the network protocol created to distribute web content) or its...

Diameter Mobile IPv4 Application (MobileIP, RFC 4004) Diameter Network Access Server Application (NASREQ, RFC 7155)(Obsoletes: RFC 4005) Diameter Extensible...

Network access control (NAC) is an approach to computer security that attempts to unify endpoint security technology (such as antivirus, host intrusion...

the user home directory on a central file server. A network share can become a security liability when access to the shared files is gained (often by devious...

SQL Server. For example, in instances where multi-table joins still require copying the whole table across the network. In previous versions of Access, including...

systems include a network stack to support a client–server model. Network Operating Systems (NOS) are responsible for managing various network activities. Key...

handling remote authentication and related services for network access control through a centralized server. The original TACACS protocol, which dates back to...

background). An FTP server plays the role of a server in a client–server model using the FTP and/or the FTPS and/or the SFTP network protocol(s).[citation...

iOS-based devices, network services such as a mail transfer agent, AFP and SMB servers, an LDAP server, and a domain name server, as well as server applications...

external network can be placed in the DMZ. The most common of these services are: Web servers Mail servers FTP servers VoIP servers Web servers that communicate...