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Find descriptions of commonly used cloud networking, cloud security and cloud operational terms and learn more about how enterprise IT utilizes them.

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What Is Internet Protocol Security (IPsec)? | Aviatrix
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What Is Internet Protocol Security (IPsec)? | Aviatrix

IPSec (Internet Protocol Security) is a suite of protocols that secure network communication across IP networks by encrypting all network traffic.

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What Is Network Address Translation (NAT)? | Aviatrix
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What Is Network Address Translation (NAT)? | Aviatrix

Network Address Translation (NAT) allows private networks to connect to the Internet but prevents internet from connecting to internal private networks.

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What Is SD-WAN? | Aviatrix
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What Is SD-WAN? | Aviatrix

SD-WAN simplifies WAN management and operations by separating network hardware from its software and controller, next generation MPLS.

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Elastic Load Balancing (ELB): Scalable Cloud Traffic Management | Aviatrix
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Elastic Load Balancing (ELB): Scalable Cloud Traffic Management | Aviatrix

Elastic Load Balancing is a cloud service that distributes incoming traffic from applications or other services to various distributed cloud resources.

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Demystifying Virtual Private Networks (VPN) | Aviatrix
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Demystifying Virtual Private Networks (VPN) | Aviatrix

A VPN or Virtual Private Network creates a private, encrypted connection over the public, shared or private network to provide data protection and privacy.

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What Is a Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)? | Aviatrix
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What Is a Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)? | Aviatrix

An AWS virtual private cloud (VPC) is associated with your AWS account and is a logical network isolated from other resources in the AWS public cloud.

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What Is Subnet? | Aviatrix
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What Is Subnet? | Aviatrix

A subnet, or subnetwork, is a logical subdivision of an IP network into network segments. With subnets, large networks can be subdivided into smaller ones.

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Ping | Aviatrix
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Ping | Aviatrix

The ping command is a lightweight network connectivity program that encapsulates ICMP echo request/reply payloads into routable IP packets.

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What Is Network Load Balancing (NLB) In The Cloud? | Aviatrix
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What Is Network Load Balancing (NLB) In The Cloud? | Aviatrix

Network Load Balancing is an technique that allows a resource to be served over multiple channels by dividing payloads across multiple resources.

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Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Explained | Aviatrix
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Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Explained | Aviatrix

SSL stands for Secure Sockets Layer and is a security protocol invented by Taher Elgamal, the chief computer scientist at Netscape Communications.

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What is an Azure Virtual Network (VNet)? | Aviatrix
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What is an Azure Virtual Network (VNet)? | Aviatrix

Azure Virtual Networks (VNet) are logically segmented groups of Azure resources, such as Azure VMs, typically for building application environments.

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What Is Network Latency? | Aviatrix
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What Is Network Latency? | Aviatrix

In cloud networking, latency is the time it takes a packet to be transferred or routed across a network. Optimally, latency is as close to zero as possible.

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