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4 new Tags: protocol::bittorrent protocol::oscar protocol::tcp protocol::udp 2 obsolete tags: protocol::aol-messenger, protocol::icq (will be merged into protocol::oscar once the IM network tagging is added, see [1]) 2 renamed tags: protocol::lp -> protocol::lpr protocol::pop -> protocol::pop3 (Currently, both version exist side by side, with the old version marked as obsolete) omitted for now, but valid candidates: protocol::wifi (actually a group of protocols, but so is VoIP) protocol::ppp The full patch is attached, please review! I definitely learned more about protocols than I ever wanted to know... best regards Torsten [1] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/debtags-devel/2005-November/001042.html -- Torsten Marek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ID: A244C858 -- FP: 1902 0002 5DFC 856B F146 894C 7CC5 451E A244 C858 Keyserver: subkeys.pgp.net
Index: debian-packages =================================================================== --- debian-packages (Revision 1506) +++ debian-packages (Arbeitskopie) @@ -1452,112 +1452,421 @@ Description: Network protocol Tag: protocol::aol-messenger -Description: AOL Instant Message - +Description: [obsolete, please use protocol::oscar/OSCAR] AOL (IM) + Tag: protocol::atm -Description: ATM network protocol - Asynchronous Transfer Mode network protocol +Description: ATM + Asynchronous Transfer Mode, a high speed protocol for communication between + computers in a network. + . + While ATM is used to implement *DSL networks, it has never gained widespread + use as a technology for building local area networks (LANs), for which it + was originally intended. + . + Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asynchronous_Transfer_Mode +Tag: protocol::bittorrent +Description: BitTorrent + BitTorrent is a protocol for peer-to-peer based file distribution over + network. + . + Although the actual data transport happens between BitTorrent clients, + one central node, the so-called trackers, is needed to keep a list of + all clients that download or provide the same file. + + Link: http://www.bittorrent.com/ + Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent + Tag: protocol::corba Description: CORBA - Orbs, development libraries, IDL compilers, and other packages - related to the Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA). + Common Object Request Broker Architecture, a standard for interoperability + between programs written in different languages and running on different + hardware platforms. CORBA includes a client-server network protocol for + distributed computing. + . + With this network protocol, CORBA clients on different computers and written + in different languages can exchange objects over a CORBA server such as + orbit2 or omniORB. + . + Link: http://www.corba.org/ Tag: protocol::dhcp -Description: IP auto configuration with DHCP and BOOTP +Description: DHCP + Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, a client-server network protocol for + automatic assignment of dynamic IP addresses to computers in a TCP/IP + network, rather than giving each computer a static IP address. + . + Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_Host_Configuration_Protocol + Link: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2131.txt Tag: protocol::dns -Description: Domain Name System (DNS) +Description: DNS + Domain Name System, a protocol to request information associated with domain + names (like "www.debian.org"), most prominently the IP address. The protocol + is used in communication with a DNS server (like BIND). + . + For the Internet, there are 13 root DNS servers around the world that keep the + addresses of all registered domain names and provide this information to the + DNS servers of internet service providers. + . + Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Name_System Tag: protocol::ethernet -Description: Ethernet protocol +Description: Ethernet + Ethernet is the most popular networking technology for creatig local area + networks (LANs). + . + The computers in an Ethernet network communicate over twisted-pair or fibre + cables and are identified by their MAC address. Several different types of + Ethernet exist, distinguishable by the maximum connection speed. The most + widespread types today are 100MBit/s (100BASE-*) or 1GBit/s (1000BASE-*). + . + Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet Tag: protocol::fidonet -Description: Fidonet +Description: FidoNet + FidoNet is a mailbox system that enjoyed large popularity in the 1980s and + 1990s. + . + The communication between the clients and FidoNet servers was usually carried + out over the telephone network using modems and could be used for transferring + messages (comparable to email) and files. + . + Link: http://www.fidonet.org/ + Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidonet Tag: protocol::finger Description: Finger + The Name/Finger protocol is a simple network protocol to provide extensive, + public information about users of a computer, such as email address, + telephone numbers, full names etc. + . + Due to privacy concerns, the Finger protocol is not widely used any more, + while it widespread distribution in the early 1990s. + . + Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finger_protocol + Link: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1288.txt Tag: protocol::ftp -Description: File Transfer Protocol (FTP) +Description: FTP + File Transfer Protocol, a protocol for exchanging and manipulatin files over + networks and extensively used on the Internet. + . + The communication between FTP servers and clients uses two channels, the + control and the data channel. While FTP was originally used with authentication + only, most FTP servers on the internet provide anonymous, passwordless access. + Since FTP does not support encryption, sensitive data transfer is carried out + over SFTP today. + . + Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Transfer_Protocol + Link: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc0959.txt Tag: protocol::http -Description: HTTP HyperText Transport Protocol +Description: HTTP + HyperText Transfer Protocol, one of the most important protocols for the + World Wide Web. + . + It controls the data transfer between HTTP servers such as Apache and HTTP + clients, which are web browsers in most cases. HTTP resources are requested + via URLs (Universal Resource Locators). While HTTP normally only supports + file transfer from server to client, the protocol supports sending information + to HTTP server, most prominently used in HTML forms. + . + Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Http + Link: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt Tag: protocol::icq -Description: ICQ Instant Message +Description: [obsolete, please use protocol::oscar/OSCAR] ICQ (IM) Tag: protocol::ident Description: Ident + The Ident internet protocol helps to identify or authenticate the user of + a network connection. + . + Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ident Tag: protocol::imap Description: IMAP + Internet Message Access Protocol, a protocol used for accessing email on a + server from a email client such as KMail or Evolution. + . + When using IMAP, emails stay on the server and can be categorized, edited, + deleted etc. there, instead of having the user download all messages onto + the local computer, as POP3 does. + . + Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Message_Access_Protocol Tag: protocol::ip -Description: IP Internet Protocol +Description: IP + Internet Protocol (v4), a core protocol of the Internet protocol suite and + the very basis of the Internet. + . + Every computer that is connected to the Internet has an IP address (a 4-byte + number, typically reprensented in dotted notation like 192.25.206.10). + Internet IP addresses are given out by the Internet Corporation for Assigned + Names and Numbers (ICANN). Normally, computers on the Internet are not + accessed by their IP address, but by their domain name. + . + Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv4 + Link: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc791.txt Tag: protocol::ipv6 -Description: Next Generation IP Internet Protocol - Use this for packages that can use the IPv6 protocol +Description: IPv6 + Internet Protocol (v6), the next-generation internet protocol, which overcomes + the restrictions of IP (v4), like shortage of IP addresses, and is supposed to + form the new basis of the internet in the future, replacing IP (v4). + . + Many programs already support IPv6 along with IP (v4), although it is still + seldomly used. + . + Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6 + Link: http://www.ipv6.org/ Tag: protocol::irc -Description: Internet Relay Chat (IRC) +Description: IRC + Internet Relay Chat, a protocol for text chatting over network, extensively + used on the Internet. It supports chat rooms, so-called channels, as well as + private, one-to-one communication. + . + IRC servers are organized in networks, so that a client can connect to a + geographically near IRC server, that itself is connected to other IRC servers + spread over the whole world. + . + The official Debian channel is #debian on the freenode network. + . + Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat Tag: protocol::jabber -Description: Jabber Instant Message +Description: Jabber + The Jabber protocol is an instant messaging protocol on the basis of the XMPP + protocol. Additionally to private one-to-one communication, it also supports + chat rooms, and it is used in the Jabber IM network as well as for the IM + capabilities for the new GoogleTalk network. + . + In contrast to other IM networks like MSN, ICQ or AIM, the Jabber servers are + free software and can be used to create a private chat platform or have an own + server to connect to the Jabber network. + . + Link: http://www.jabber.org + Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jabber Tag: protocol::kerberos -Description: Kerberos authentication +Description: Kerberos + Kerberos is a authentication protcol for computer networks for secure + authentication over an otherwise insecure network, using symmetric cryptography + and a third party service provider, that is trusted both by client and server. + . + The authentication mechanism provided by Kerberos is mutual, so that not only + a server can be sure of a client's identity, but also a client can be sure a + connection to a server is not intercepted. + . + Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerberos_%28protocol%29 + Link: http://http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4120.txt Tag: protocol::lp -Description: Unix lp printing protocol +Description: [obsolete, use protocol::lpr/LPR] LP +Tag: protocol::lpr +Description: LPR + The Line Printer Daemon protocol, a protocol used for accessing or providing + network print services in a Unix network, but also used for local setups. + . + CUPS, the Common Unix Printing System, was developed to replace the old + LPD/LPR system, while maintaining backwards compatibility. + . + Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_Printer_Daemon_protocol + Link: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1179.txt + Tag: protocol::msn-messenger -Description: MSN Instant Message +Description: MSN (IM) Tag: protocol::nntp -Description: News (NNTP, USENET) +Description: NNTP + Network News Transfer Protocol, a protocol for reading in writing Usenet + articles (a Usenet article is comparable with an email), but also used + among NNTP servers to transfer articles. + . + Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_News_Transfer_Protocol + Link: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc977.txt +Tag: protocol::oscar +Description: OSCAR (AIM/ICQ) + Open System for CommunicAtion in Realtime, an instant messaging used by + AOL's instant messaging network (AIM). The protocol versions 7, 8 and 9 + of the ICQ IM network are also instances of the OSCAR protocol. + . + OSCAR is a binary proprietary protol. Since there are no official + documentations of this it, cients that connect to AIM or ICQ have to rely + on information that has been reverse-engineered. + . + Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSCAR_protocol + Tag: protocol::pop -Description: Mail access via POP3 +Description: [obsolete, use protocol::pop3/POP3] POP +Tag: protocol::pop3 +Description: POP3 + Post Office Protocol, a protocol to download emails from a mail server, + designed for users that have only intermittent connection to the Internet. + . + In contrast to IMAP server, messages that are downloaded via POP3 are not + supposed to stay on the server afterwards, since POP3 does not support + multiple mailboxes for one account on the server. + . + Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_Office_Protocol + Link: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1939.txt + Tag: protocol::radius -Description: RADIUS authentication +Description: RADIUS + Remote Authentication Dial In User Service, a protocol for authentication, + authorization and accounting of network access, mostly used by Internet + service providers handle handle dial-up Internet connections. + . + Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RADIUS + Link: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2865.txt Tag: protocol::sftp -Description: Secure File Transfer Protocol +Description: SFTP + SSH File Transfer Protocol, a protocol for secure, encrypting file exchange + and manipulation over insecure networks, using the SSH protocol. + . + SFTP provides a complete set of filesystem operations, different from its + predecessor SCP, which only allowed file transfer. It is not, other than the + name might suggest, the a version of the FTP protocol executed through an + SSH channel. + . + Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSH_file_transfer_protocol + Tag: protocol::smb -Description: Windows file and printer sharing (SMB) +Description: SMB + Server Message Block, a protocol for providing file access and printer sharing + over network, mainly used by Microsof Windows(tm). CIFS (Common Internet File + System) is a synonym for SMB + . + Although SMB is a proprietary protocol, the Samba project reverse-enginereed + the protocol and developed both client and server programs for better + interoperability in mixed Unix/Windows networks. + . + Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server_Message_Block + Link: http://www.samba.org/ Tag: protocol::smtp -Description: SMTP Simple Mail Transport Protocol +Description: SMTP + Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, a protocol or for transmitting emails over the + internet. + . + Every SMTP server utilizes SMTP to hand on emails to the next mail + server until an email arrives at its destination, from where it is usually + retrieved via POP3 or IMAP + . + Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_Mail_Transfer_Protocol + Link: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2821.txt + Tag: protocol::snmp -Description: Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) +Description: SNMP + Simple Network Management Protocol, a member of the Internet protocol suite + and used for monitoring or configuring network devices. + . + SNMP servers normally run on network equipment like routers. + . + Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_Network_Management_Protocol + Link: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3411.txt + Tag: protocol::soap -Description: Web Services - Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) and Web Services Description - Language (WSDL). +Description: SOAP + Simple Object Access Protocol, a protocol for exchanging messages between + different computers in a network. The messages are encoded in XML and usually + sent over HTTP. + . + SOAP is used to provide APIs to web services, such as the Google API to + utilize Googles searching engine from client applications. + . + Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOAP + Link: http://www.w3.org/TR/soap/ Tag: protocol::ssh -Description: Secure Shell Protocol +Description: SSH + Secure Shell, a protocol for secure, encrypted network connections. SSH can + be used to execute programs on a remote host with an SSH server over secure + otherwise insecure protocols through an SSH channel. The main use is, as the + name suggest, to provide encrypted login and shell access on remote servers. + . + SSH authentication can be done with password or, which is the preferred + mechanism, via asymmetric public/private key cryptography. + . + Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Shell Tag: protocol::ssl -Description: SSL Secure Socket Layer +Description: SSL/TLS + Secure Socket Layer/Transport Layer Security, a protocol that provides + secure encrypted communication on the Internet. It is used to authenticate + the identity of a service provider (such as a Internet banking server) and + to secure the communications channel. + . + Otherwise insecure protocols such as FTP, HTTP, IMAP or SMTP can be + transmitted over SSL/TLS to secure the transmitted data. In this case, an + "S" is added to the protocol name, like HTTPS, FTPS etc. + . + Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Sockets_Layer +Tag: protocol::tcp +Description: TCP + Transport Control Protocol, a core protocol of the Internet protocol suite + and used for data transport. + . + TCP is used as the transport protocol for many services on the Internet, + such as FTP, HTTP, SMTP, POP3, IMAP, NNTP etc. + . + Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmission_Control_Protocol + Link: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc793.txt + +Tag: protocol::udp +Description: UDP + User Datagram Protocol, a core protocol of the Internet protocol suite + and used for data transport. + . + UDP is not as reliable as TCP, but faster and thus better fit for + time-sensitive purposes, like the DNS protocol and VoIP. + . + Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_Datagram_Protocol + Link: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc768.txt + Tag: protocol::voip -Description: Telephony and Voice-over-IP software +Description: VoIP + Voice over IP, a general term for protocols that route voice conversations + over the Internet. + . + Popular VoIP protocols are SIP, H.323 and IAX. + . + Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_over_IP Tag: protocol::webdav Description: WebDAV + Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning, a extension of the HTTP + protocol to support creating and changing documents on an HTTP server. Thus, + the client can access the documents on an HTTP server as it would those on the + local filesystem. + . + Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebDAV + Link: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2518.txt + Tag: protocol::xmlrpc Description: XML-RPC + XML Remote Procedure Call, a simple protocol for remote procedure calls + that uses XML for encoding and the HTTP protocol for transport. + . + SOAP, which is a considerably more sophisticated protocol, was developed from + XML-RPC. + . + Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XML-RPC + Link: http://www.xmlrpc.com/ Tag: protocol::yahoo-messenger -Description: Yahoo Instant Message +Description: Yahoo (IM) Tag: protocol::TODO Description: Need an extra tag
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