

Writing should (a) use the same term or definition whenever the sameĬoncept is mentioned (b) use terms in their plainest, dictionary The recommendations follow the principles that such Written material that is generated in the Internet Standards Process The 334 pages ofĮntries offer recommendations to improve the comprehensibility of

Of terminology for information system security. This Glossary provides definitions, abbreviations, and explanations RFC 4949 Internet Security Glossary, Version 2 August 2007 Work, but it may be somewhat incomplete in describing recent security (2) The glossary is rich in the history of early network security Knowledge combined with the reasoning presented in the Glossary. Whether or not to follow his recommendations, based on their own In other words, the usage rules, wording interpretations,Īnd other recommendations that the Glossary offers are personal

Language (e.g., SHOULD NOT) in the Glossary must be understood as Recommendations made by this Glossary, and the use of RFC 2119 The IETF has not taken a formal position either for or against (1) The recommendations and some particular interpretations inĭefinitions are those of the author, not an official IETF position. Reference that should help the Internet community to improve theĬlarity of documentation and discussion in an important area of This document is both a major revision and a major expansion of the Not specify an Internet standard of any kind. This memo provides information for the Internet community. RFC 4949: Internet Security Glossary, Version 2
