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Appendix D:
Acronyms and Technical Concepts
Acronyms
AAL5
ATM Adaption Layer 5
ADS
Attack Detection System
ATM
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
ATU
ADSL Termination Unit
ATU-C
ADSL Termination Unit - Central Office; refers to location at the CO
aggregation point.
aggregation point.
ATU-R
ADSL Termination Unit - Remote; refers to location at the customer premises
CHAP
Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol
CRC
Cycle Redundancy Checking
CO
Central Office
DDoS
Distributed Denial of Service
DHCP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DMZ
Demilitarized Zone
DNS
Domain Name Service
DSL
Digital Subscriber Line
DSLAM
Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer
Ethernet
Network standard for LAN communications
FEC
Forward Equivalence Class
firmware
Software, in binary form, stored within a flash PROM
frames
Data packet
Gateway Router
GUI
Graphical User Interface
ICMP
Internet Control Message Protocol
IGD
Internet Gateway Device
IPCP
IP Control Protocol
ISP
Internet Service Provider
LCP
Link Control Protocol
LLC
Logical Link Control layer