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diff --git a/doc/devel/terminology.dox b/doc/devel/terminology.dox new file mode 100644 index 0000000..11750ff --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/devel/terminology.dox @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +// Copyright (C) 2017 Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC") +// +// This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public +// License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this +// file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. + +/** +@page terminology Terminology + +This page explains some common abbreviations and terms: + +- CA - Control Agent. That's a separate module that talks with Kea DHCPv4, DHCPv6 (and soon also D2) + over control channel and exposes their internal commands using RESTful interface. + +- D2 - This is a nickname of DHCP-Dynamic DNS server module. Since using the full name is awkward, + we often use shortened version of it: D2. + +- DHCP - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. There are two similar, but operationally different + protocols: DHCPv4 and DHCPv6. When v4 or v6 is not specified, the DHCP expression applies to both. + +- DHCPv4 - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv4, a protocol that defines how IPv4 hosts can + obtain IPv4 addresses and other configuration from the servers. Defined in RFC2131. + +- DHCPv6 - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6, a protocol that defines how IPv6 hosts and + router can obtain IPv6 addresses, IPv6 prefixes and other configuration from the servers. Defined + in RFC3315. + +*/ |