NAS
Network-connected storage equipment that provides files and other services.
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NAT
Translation of network addresses used in particular to share a public IP address between several private devices.
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NAT-T is a concept or mechanism used in vpn & ipsec to transport IPsec through equipment NAT.
View →NAT64
A translation mechanism that lets IPv6 clients communicate with IPv4 servers.
View →Native VLAN
The native VLAN corresponds to the VLAN transported without tag on some of the trunks 802.1Q.
View →NDP
NDP provides several neighbourhood discovery functions in IPv6.
View →NDR
NDR is a concept or mechanism used in cybersecurity to detect abnormal behaviors from network traffic.
View →Nested Virtualization
A virtualization mechanism used to present or manage virtual-machine or cluster resources.
View →NetFlow
A technology for exporting network flow statistics originally developed by Cisco.
View →Netlogon
A Windows service essential to trust relationships and authentication in a domain.
View →Network Namespace Linux
A Linux mechanism from the kernel, systemd, filesystem, or identity-management stack.
View →Network Port
A logical number identifying a service or application on an IP address.
View →Neural Network
An AI or data concept used to build, steer, or connect models and their knowledge.
View →Nexus Repository
A Cloud or DevOps mechanism used to automate deployment, configuration, or application lifecycle.
View →NFSv4
NFSv4 is a modern version of the NFS file sharing protocol.
View →nftables
The modern network filtering framework that gradually replaces iptables.
View →nftables Chain
A Linux mechanism from the kernel, systemd, filesystem, or identity-management stack.
View →NIC Teaming VMware
A virtualization mechanism used to present or manage virtual-machine or cluster resources.
View →No-Authoritative Restore
A restoration where the domain controller then recovers the latest data from its partners.
View →NP Offload
Transferring a session to the hardware network processor of the FortiGate.
View →NPIV
A storage concept used to transport, present, organize, or optimize blocks and data objects.
View →NPU FortiGate
A specialized hardware processor that accelerates network processing on some FortiGate.
View →NSS Linux
A Linux mechanism from the kernel, systemd, filesystem, or identity-management stack.
View →NTDS.dit
The main database file of Active Directory Domain Services.
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