Glossary

A glossary of mobile technology terms.

 
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AP

Access Point (AP).

Wireless devices, such as laptops or PDAs, connect to a wired LAN via an AP, which is a hardware device or a computer's software that acts as a communication hub. APs provide heightened wireless security and extend the physical range of a wireless LAN.

AES

Advanced Encryption Standard (AES).

AES 256 is an encryption method based on the Rijndael algorithm. AES has been approved by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). AES is a symmetric encryption algorithm that is used by the U.S. Government and many other organizations to protect the transmission of sensitive information. AES is being incorporated into the IEEE 802.11i standard for 802.11 WLAN security.

All mSuite and mNotes communication, including the authentication process, takes place inside a secure AES tunnel. The symmetrical key used for an AES session is only used for a single session.

API

Application Programming Interface (API).

An API is a set of classes that you can use in your own application. Sometimes called libraries or modules, APIs enable you to write an application without reinventing common pieces of code. For example, a networking API is something your application can use to make network connections, without you ever having to understand the underlying code.

Application Package

mSuite provides the capability to deploy applications of any kind to supported device types. An application package is an inventory of components that together make up an application for the mobile device. Packages can be as simple as a single registry setting, or as complex as you like with multiple programs, files and registry settings.

Administration Console

mSuite Administration Console is the control and configuration application for all components of mSuite. It is implemented as an MMC snap-in. The Administration Console uses RMI to communicate with the Configuration Server in order to access the mSuite Administration Database.

Application Tunneling

Application tunneling allows 3rd party applications to use and benefit from the Connection Manager [link] infrastructure – benefits being for example the secure data transmission through the mSuite AES 256 bit encrypted (FIPS140-2) compliant tunnel and connection management.