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Networking

This category covers the many networking facilities provided by SCO OpenServer.

For an introduction to networking concepts and basic networking commands, see Networking overview.

For help configuring your network hardware, see Configuring network connections.

Networking protocols discussed here include:

  • TCP/IP and Internet services, including:

    • Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) servers, for providing configuration parameters to network clients.

    • File Transfer Protocol (FTP) servers on which network clients can upload and download files.

    • Domain Name System (DNS) servers, which network clients can use to resolve domain names to IP addresses.

    • IP Filtering, providing firewall capabilities, including support for Network Address Translation (NAT) and port translation.

    • Secure IP (IPsec), which provides the ability to encrypt and authenticate IP packets transmitted between cooperating hosts or subnets. One of the uses of IPsec is to implement a Virtual Private Network (VPN).

  • Network File System (NFS), which allows computers on a network to mount and access remote filesystems as though they were local.

  • Network Information Service (NIS), which centralizes and simplifies the management of files that are in common use by several systems.

  • Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), which allows remote monitoring and control of networked systems.