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MySQL A relational <strong>data</strong>base management system; currently the world's most used<br />

RDBMS.<br />

<strong>NetFlow</strong> A network protocol developed <strong>for</strong> collecting IP traffic in<strong>for</strong>mation. Only<br />

available on Cisco devices.<br />

Null route Also called a blackhole route, a null route is a route that goes nowhere, in<br />

effect discarding packets from a particular network. An example <strong>of</strong> discarding<br />

traffic from the network 192.168.1.0 / 24 on Cisco IOS is as follows:<br />

ip route 192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 null0<br />

OSI model A standardized method <strong>of</strong> viewing the functions <strong>of</strong> a communications system<br />

by separating them into different layers.<br />

IPv4 Internet Protocol version 4, the most commonly used inter-networking<br />

method <strong>of</strong> communicating on the Internet.<br />

IPv6 Internet Protocol version 6, the next step up from IPv4.<br />

pmacct The name <strong>of</strong> the program suite as well as a tool in the suite itself. Other<br />

included <strong>tools</strong> are nfacct, IPFIX, sfacct and uacct.<br />

Quagga An open source network routing s<strong>of</strong>tware suite providing implementations <strong>of</strong><br />

OSPF, RIP, BGP and IS-IS <strong>for</strong> Unix-like systems.<br />

Route A route is used by routers and contain the best road <strong>for</strong> traffic to take in order<br />

to get from network A to network B.<br />

Router A device that <strong>for</strong>wards <strong>data</strong> packets between computer networks.<br />

Router, core A core router is a router that is designed to operate in the network's backbone,<br />

or core. All the traffic from the network will flow through here, with the core<br />

router sending the packets to their destination.<br />

RRDtool Being an acronym <strong>for</strong> round-robin <strong>data</strong>base tool, RRDtool is designed to be a<br />

tool used <strong>for</strong> handling time-sensitive <strong>data</strong> such as bandwidth-<strong>data</strong>,<br />

temperatures and so on. Stores in<strong>for</strong>mation in a round-robin <strong>data</strong>base.<br />

sFlow A network protocol developed <strong>for</strong> collecting IP traffic in<strong>for</strong>mation. Unlike<br />

<strong>NetFlow</strong>, sFlow is available on a multitude <strong>of</strong> device manufacturers.<br />

SQL Structured Query Language. A programming language designed <strong>for</strong> managing<br />

<strong>data</strong> in an RDBMS.<br />

TCP Transmission Control Protocol.<br />

Tier 2 Carrier An ISP who peers with some networks but still purchase IP transit from<br />

others to reach the rest <strong>of</strong> the Internet.<br />

TOS Type <strong>of</strong> Service, a field in the header <strong>of</strong> an IPv4 packet.<br />

UDP User Datagram Protocol.<br />

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