Appendix A
A.1 Glossary of Terms
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Web Service Description Language. WSDL is an XML
-based interface defini-
age used to describe the functionality provided by a web service.
Wireless Service Provider. The service provider company that offers trans-
mission services to users of wireless devices through Radio Frequency (RF)
signals rather than through end-to-end wire communication.
X.509 is a standard for a public key infrastructure for managing digital certifi-
cates and public
-key encryption. It is an essential part of the Transport Layer
Security protocol used to secure web and email communication.
Extended Authentication. XAuth provides a mechanism for requesting indi-
vidual authentication information from the user, and a local user database or
an external authentication server. It provides a method for storing the authen-
tication information centrally in the local network.
Extensible Markup Language. XML is a markup language that defines a set
of rules for encoding documents in a format that is both human
-readable and
-RPC
l. XML-RPC is a protocol that uses XML to en-
code its calls and HTTP as a transport mechanism. Developers who want to
provide integrated applications can use the API to programmatically perform
actions that would otherwise require manual operation of the user interface.
Zero Touch Provisioning. ZTP is a device provisioning mechanism that al-
lows automatic and quick provisioning of devices with a minimal or at times
no manual intervention.
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