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AES: Advanced Encryption Standard -- a new encryption cipher sponsored by the US government. AES is used by Suva to ensure complete privacy of information.
Authentication: A security feature of a Suva enabled device which verifies the identity of any SDN which contacts it.
Device: In Point Clark Networks parlance, this is some sort of electronic gizmo that a) has a persistent connection to the Internet, and b) is managed (at least partly) from the Service Delivery Network.
Lopez: An optional component of an SDN which adds fail-over and load balancing capabilities.
PKI (Public Key Infrastructure): A distributed network which provides
redundancy-based protection for SDN identification.
SDN: Acronym for Service Delivery Network.
Service Delivery Network (SDN): The brains of the operation, the back-end
-- this is where the bald guy with Persian cat is sitting.
Suva: The technology that Point Clark Networks developed which makes it possible to securely manage a device over an insecure network (e.g. the Internet).
Suvlet: A software component which provides a basis for a Suva enabled service. Located on the device and accessed from the SDN.
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