Glossary

SSL-offloading gives the opportunity to minimize the loads on the server's equipment by transferring SSL encryption / decryption to balancers

The Application Delivery Controller (ADC) is a solution that provides various network functions such as uniform load balancing, application optimization, as well as various security functions, including protection against DDoS attacks

Network Address Translation and CGNAT as a next level of NAT save public addresses

The NAT44 functionality extends the usage of IPv4 by translating private IPv4 addresses into public IPv4 addresses

The NAT64 functionality allows ISPs to move to an IPv6 network by translating IPv6 addresses to public IPv4 addresses and vise versa.

Due to the exhaustion of IPv4 addresses, telecom operators and Internet providers are forced to use tunneling technologies to optimize the use of dedicated address blocks

DS-Lite (Dual-Stack Lite) is the NFWare vCGNAT operational mode which uses IPv6-only links between the provider and the customer

Deterministic NAT allows to eliminate the need for logging because in this mode the subscriber's IP address is always mapped to the same external IP and port range.

The NFV approach aims to address various company needs by leveraging standard IT virtualization technology.

IPv4 is the fourth version of IP, it is the basis of the Internet, and establishes the rules for the computer networks functioning on the principle of packet exchange.

IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) is a new version of IP protocol designed to solve problems that the previous version (IPv4) encountered by using an address length of 128 bits rather than 32.

Load balancing improves performance and resiliency along with the productivity of websites, applications, databases and other services by distributing the workload across multiple servers.

Carrier-Grade NAT, or simply CGNAT, is a large-scale version of Network Address Translation used by internet service providers to make IPv4 last a little longer. In simple terms, it lets thousands of users share a single public IPv4 address by assigning them different port ranges. As the pool of IPv4 addresses keeps shrinking and full IPv6 adoption remains a work in progress, CGNAT has become an essential part of modern telecom infrastructure. In this article, we’ll explore what CGNAT actually does, why operators rely on it, how it works behind the scenes, and what advantages and limitations it brings.

SSL-offloading gives the opportunity to minimize the loads on the server's equipment by transferring SSL encryption / decryption to balancers

The Application Delivery Controller (ADC) is a solution that provides various network functions such as uniform load balancing, application optimization, as well as various security functions, including protection against DDoS attacks

Load balancing improves performance and resiliency along with the productivity of websites, applications, databases and other services by distributing the workload across multiple servers.