Netgear FVS318v1 – Prosafe Wireless N VPN Firewall Reference Manual

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Glossary

Virtual Private Network. A method for securely transporting data between two private networks by using a 
public network such as the Internet as a connection.

Also known as World-Wide Web (WWW) or W3. An Internet client-server system to distribute information, 
based upon the hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP).

A Web proxy server is a specialized HTTP server that allows clients access to the Internet from behind a 
firewall. The proxy server listens for requests from clients within the firewall and forwards these requests to 
remote Internet servers outside the firewall. The proxy server reads responses from the external servers and 
then sends them to internal client clients. 

A WAN is a computer network that spans a relatively large geographical area. Typically, a WAN consists of 
two or more local-area networks (LANs).

WINS. Windows Internet Naming Service is a server process for resolving Windows-based computer names 
to IP addresses. 
If a remote network contains a WINS server, your Windows PCs can gather information from that WINS 
server about its local hosts. This allows your PCs to browse that remote network using the Windows 
Network Neighborhood feature.

WINS. Windows Internet Naming Service is a server process for resolving Windows-based computer names 
to IP addresses.

Wireless Network Name (SSID) is the name assigned to a wireless network. This is the same as the SSID or 
ESSID configuration parameter.