The private component of a pair of mathematically generated numbers, which, when combined with a private key, generates the DES key. The DES key in turn is used to encode and decode information. The private key of the sender is only available to the owner of the key. Every user or machine has its own public and private key pair.
The public component of a pair of mathematically generated numbers, which, when combined with a private key, generates the DES key. The DES key in turn is used to encode and decode information. The public key is available to all users and machines. Every user or machine has their own public and private key pair.
Entering data into NIS+ tables either from files or from NIS maps.
See entry.
An FNS (XFN) term referring to the thing bound to a name. It contains addresses identifying the communication endpoints of the object.
An easy and popular paradigm for implementing the client-server model of distributed computing. A request is sent to a remote system to execute a designated procedure, using arguments supplied, and the result is returned to the caller.
NIS+ server that maintains a duplicate copy of the domain's master NIS+ server database. Replicas run NIS+ server software and maintain copies of NIS+ tables. A replica server increases the availability of NIS+ services. Each NIS+ domain should have at least one, and perhaps more, replicas. (In an NIS namespace, a replica server was known as a slave server.)
The process of converting workstation IP addresses to workstation names using the DNS software.
In FNS (XFN), a context for naming the objects found in the root of the namespace.
See domain.
The master server for a NIS+ root domain.
NIS+ server that maintains a duplicate copy of the root domain's master NIS+ server database.
Password required by Secure RPC protocol. This password is used to encrypt the private key. This password should always be identical to the user's login password.
(1) In NIS+, NIS, DNS, and FNS (XFN) a host machine providing naming services to a network.
(2) In the client-server model for file systems, the server is a machine with computing resources (and is sometimes called the compute server), and large memory capacity. Client machines can remotely access and make use of these resources. In the client-server model for window systems, the server is a process that provides windowing services to an application, or "client process." In this model, the client and the server can run on the same machine or on separate machines.
(3) A daemon that actually handles the providing of files.
See preferred server list.
In FNS (XFN), a context for naming objects that provide services.
In FNS (XFN), a context for naming objects related to a physical site.
(1) A server system that maintains a copy of the NIS database. It has a disk and a complete copy of the operating environment.
(2) Slave servers are called replica servers in NIS+.
An FNS (XFN) term referring to cases where the XFN context treats the XFN component separator as the naming system boundary.
In FNS (XFN), a context bound within another context.
A working scheme that divides a single logical network into smaller physical networks to simplify routing.
In NIS+ a two-dimensional (nonrelational) database object containing NIS+ data in rows and columns. (In NIS an NIS map is analogous to a NIS+ table with two columns.) A table is the format in which NIS+ data is stored. NIS+ provides 16 predefined or system tables. Each table stores a different type of information.