[Debtags-devel] Protocol descriptions, Ident - LPR

[Torsten Marek]

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Till now, I've left out all the IM protocols until we can sort out the issues
surrounding them.


Tag: protocol::ident
Description: Ident
 The Ident internet protocol helps to identify or authenticate the user of
 a network connection.
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 Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ident


Tag: protocol::imap
Description: IMAP
 Internet Message Access Protocol, a protocol used for accessing e-mail on a
 server from a e-mail client such as KMail or Evolution.
 .
 When using IMAP, e-mails stay on the server and can be categorized, edited,
 deleted etc. there, instead of having the user download all messages onto
 the local computer, as POP3 does.
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 Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Message_Access_Protocol


Tag: protocol::ip
Description: IP
 Internet Protocol (v4), the protocol that currently is the basis of the
 internet.
 .
 Every computer that is connected to the internet has an IP address (a 4-byte
 number, typically reprensented in dotted notation like 192.25.206.10). Internet
 IP addresses are given out by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA).
 Normally, computers on the Internet are not accessed by their IP address, but
 by their domain name.
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 Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv4
 Link: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc791.txt


Tag: protocol::ipv6
Description: IPv6
 Internet Protocol (v6), the next-generation internet protocol, which overcomes
 the restrictions of IP (v4), like shortage of IP addresses, and is supposed to
 form the new basis of the internet in the future, replacing IP (v4).
 .
 Many programs already support IPv6 along with IP (v4), although it is still
 seldomly used.
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 Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6
 Link: http://www.ipv6.org/


Tag: protocol::irc
Description: IRC
 Internet Relay Chat, a protocol for text chatting over network, extensively
 used on the Internet. It supports chat rooms, so-called channels, as well as
 private, one-to-one communication.
 .
 IRC servers are organized in networks, so that a client can connect to a
 geographically near IRC server, that itself is connected to other IRC servers
 spread over the whole world.
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 The official Debian channel is #debian on the freenode network.
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 Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat


Tag: protocol::jabber
Description: Jabber
 The Jabber protocol is an instant messaging protocol on the basis of the XMPP
 protocol. Additionally to private one-to-one communication, it also supports
 chat rooms, and it is used in the Jabber IM network as well as for the IM
 capabilities for the new GoogleTalk network.
 .
 In contrast to other IM networks like MSN, ICQ or AIM, the Jabber servers are
 free software and can be used to create a private chat platform or have an own
 server to connect to the Jabber network.
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 Link: http://www.jabber.org
 Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jabber


Tag: protocol::kerberos
Description: Kerberos
 Kerberos is a authentication protcol for computer networks for secure
 authentication over an otherwise insecure network, using symmetric cryptography
 and a third party service provider, that is trusted both by client and server.
 .
 The authentication mechanism provided by Kerberos is mutual, so that not only
 a server can be sure of a client's identity, but also a client can be sure a
 connection to a server is not intercepted.
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 Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerberos_%28protocol%29
 Link: http://http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4120.txt


Tag: protocol::lp
Description: [obsolete, use protocol::lpr] LPR


Tag: protocol::lpr
Description: LPR
 The Line Printer Daemon protocol, a protocol used for accessing or providing
 network print services in a Unix network, but also used for local installations.
 .
 CUPS, the Common Unix Printing System, was developed to replace the old
 LPD/LPR system, while maintaining backwards compatibility.
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 Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_Printer_Daemon_protocol
 Link: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1179.txt



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