MCITP MCSE : Security Specialist
Identify concepts and capabilities relating to the Internet and
basic procedures for setting up a system for Internet access.
Concepts and terminology
ISP
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are companies that offer Internet
connectivity to end customers. world. ISPs offer a range of services
to end users, including:
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web browsing
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e-mail
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server space for a web site
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Usenet news group access
For dial-up Internet connections, most Internet Service Providers
(ISPs) automatically assign your computer a dynamic IP address.
TCP/IP
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. A networking
protocol that allows computers to communicate across interconnected
networks and the Internet. Every computer on the Internet supports
TCP/IP.
Microsoft TCP/IP provides the following benefits:
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Support for Internet connectivity and the Point-to-Point
Protocol (PPP).
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Connectivity across interconnected networks with different
operating systems and hardware platforms, including
communication with many non-Microsoft systems, such as Internet
hosts, Apple Macintosh systems, IBM mainframes, UNIX systems,
and Open VMS systems.
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Support for automatic TCP/IP configuration using Dynamic Host
Configuration Protocol (DHCP) servers such as Windows NT
servers.
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Support for automatic IP-address-to-NetBIOS computer name
resolution using Windows NT Windows Internet Naming Service
(WINS) servers.
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Support for Windows Sockets 1.1 and 2.0, which are used by many
client/server applications and many public-domain Internet
tools.
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Support for the NetBIOS interface, commonly known as NetBIOS
over TCP/IP.
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Support for many commonly used utilities, which are installed
with the protocol.
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