🌐 Glossary
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🇮🇹 Protocollo Spanning Tree
Spanning Tree Protocol
A network protocol that prevents loops in Ethernet networks by creating a loop-free logical topology. It blocks redundant paths that could cause broadcast storms while maintaining network redundancy.
🇮🇹 VLAN (Rete Locale Virtuale)
VLAN
Virtual Local Area Network - A logical grouping of network devices that allows segmentation of a physical network into multiple broadcast domains, improving security and network management regardless of physical location.
🇮🇹 ACL (Lista di Controllo Accessi)
ACL
Access Control List - A set of rules that controls network traffic by permitting or denying packets based on criteria such as source/destination IP addresses, protocols, or port numbers, providing network security and traffic filtering.
🇮🇹 DMZ (Zona Demilitarizzata)
DMZ
Demilitarized Zone - A physical or logical subnetwork that contains and exposes an organization's external-facing services to an untrusted network (usually the Internet), adding an extra layer of security between the external network and the internal network.
🇮🇹 Firewall
Firewall
A network security device that monitors and filters incoming and outgoing network traffic based on predetermined security rules. It acts as a barrier between trusted internal networks and untrusted external networks, blocking malicious traffic while allowing legitimate communication.
🇮🇹 NAT (Traduzione Indirizzi di Rete)
NAT
Network Address Translation - A method of remapping one IP address space into another by modifying network address information in packet headers. It allows multiple devices on a local network to share a single public IP address for Internet access.
🇮🇹 Proxy (Server Proxy)
proxy
A server application that acts as an intermediary between clients and other servers. It can provide functions such as content filtering, caching, anonymity, and access control by forwarding client requests and returning server responses.
🇮🇹 Switch (Commutatore)
Switch
A network device that connects devices within a local area network and forwards data packets between them using MAC addresses. It operates at the data link layer and creates separate collision domains for each connected device, improving network efficiency.
🇮🇹 Router (Instradatore)
Router
A networking device that forwards data packets between computer networks, operating at the network layer. It examines destination IP addresses and determines the best path for data to travel, connecting different networks and enabling communication between them.
🇮🇹 PAT (Traduzione Indirizzi di Porta)
PAT
Port Address Translation - An extension of NAT that maps multiple private IP addresses to a single public IP address by using different port numbers. This allows many devices to share one public IP while maintaining unique sessions through port differentiation.
🇮🇹 LAN (Rete Locale)
LAN
Local Area Network - A computer network that interconnects devices within a limited area such as a residence, school, office building, or campus. LANs are characterized by high data transfer rates, low latency, and limited geographic scope.
🇮🇹 RSTP (Protocollo Spanning Tree Rapido)
RSTP
Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol - An evolution of the Spanning Tree Protocol that provides faster convergence after topology changes. It reduces network downtime by quickly reconfiguring the network topology when links fail or new paths become available.
🇮🇹 Sottorete
Subnet
Subnet - A subnet is a smaller network created by dividing a larger network, making it easier to manage traffic and improve security.
