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Index: N

-nr command: The Routing Table (TCP/IP Network Administration)
n configuration option (Linux kernel): Linux Kernel Configuration (TCP/IP Network Administration)
$n symbol (sendmail transformation): Transforming the Address (TCP/IP Network Administration)
Nagle Algorithm: Controlling TCP_NODELAY (SSH, The Secure Shell)
- disabling: TCP/IP support (SSH, The Secure Shell)
nam animation tool: ns and nam (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- Microsoft Windows (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- Sources for Tools (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
name collisions: The History of the Domain Name System (DNS and Bind)
- ACLs and: Address Match Lists and ACLs (DNS and Bind)
- eliminating: The Domain Name System tutorial (DNS and Bind)
name daemon controller (ndc): Check for Syslog Errors (DNS and Bind)
name domain: The Domain Hierarchy (TCP/IP Network Administration)
name field (inet.conf file): The Internet Daemon (TCP/IP Network Administration)
Name field (netstat command): The Interface Name (TCP/IP Network Administration)
name field (resource records): Host Name Checking (BIND 4.9.4 and Later Versions) (DNS and Bind)
- Standard Resource Records (TCP/IP Network Administration)
name-OID pairs: snmpmapOID( ) (Essential SNMP)
name option (pppd): The PPP Daemon (TCP/IP Network Administration)
name resolution (see resolution)
- arpwatch tool: arpwatch (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- bing options: bing (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- configuration files: Basic Configuration Files (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- disabling in pathchar: pathchar (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- ethereal tool: Using ethereal (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- failure of reverse name lookup: nslookup and dig (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- getif tool: SNMP Tools (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- hping tool: hping (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- MIB name lookup: snmpget (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- mrtg tool: mrtg configuration file (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- netstat options: netstat (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- - netstat (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- ntop results: Interactive mode (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- OID numbers and names: snmptranslate (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- ping and: Using ping (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- - Problems with ping (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- reverse name lookup: Path Discovery with traceroute (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- - nslookup and dig (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- SNMP object descriptors: Overview of SNMP (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- snmpnetstat options: snmpnetstat (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- tcpdump tool: Controlling how information is displayed (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- - Compound filters. (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- traceroute tool: Options (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- troubleshooting: doc, dnswalk, and lamers (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- - dig tool: nslookup and dig (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
  - doc tool: doc, dnswalk, and lamers (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
  - lamers tool: doc, dnswalk, and lamers (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
  - name services: Name Services (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
  - NIS and NIS+: NIS and NIS+ (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
  - nslookup tool: nslookup and dig (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
  - other DNS tools: Other tools (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
name server library routines: The Name Server Library Routines (DNS and Bind)
name server queries: BIND 4.9 and 8 statistics (DNS and Bind)
name server records (see NS records)
name servers: The Domain Name System tutorial (DNS and Bind)
- Name Servers and Zones (DNS and Bind)
- Checking Name Service (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- Some Systems Work, Others Don't (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- The Data Is Here and the Server Can't Find It! (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- Cache Corruption (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- accessing (see resolvers)
- adding: Capacity Planning (DNS and Bind)
- - to NOTIFY lists: DNS NOTIFY (Zone Change Notification) (DNS and Bind)
  - tips for where to locate: Capacity Planning (DNS and Bind)
- authenticated: AFSDB (DNS and Bind)
- authoritative: Name Servers and Zones (DNS and Bind)
- - choosing among: Choosing Between Authoritative Name Servers (DNS and Bind)
  - running over dial-on-demand: Running Authoritative Name Servers over Dial-on-Demand (DNS and Bind)
- backup name servers: Local Name Server (DNS and Bind)
- bogus, avoiding: Avoiding a Bogus Name Server (DNS and Bind)
- caching-only: Caching-Only Servers (DNS and Bind)
- capacity planning for: Capacity Planning (DNS and Bind)
- classifications: BIND, Resolvers, and named (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- closest known: Recursion (DNS and Bind)
- compatibility with resolvers: Compatibility (DNS and Bind)
- configuring hosts to use: Configuring Hosts (DNS and Bind)
- control messages, configuring to listen for: ndc and controls (BIND 8) (DNS and Bind)
- controlling: Controlling the Name Server (DNS and Bind)
- debugging information about
- - command for: ndc and controls (BIND 8) (DNS and Bind)
- dig debugging tool: dig: An Alternative to nslookup (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- disabled UDP checksums and: Name Server Startup Fails Because UDP Checksums Disabled (DNS and Bind)
- finding for root zone: The Root Hints Data (DNS and Bind)
- halting, command for: rndc and controls (BIND 9) (DNS and Bind)
- how many to run, guidelines for: How Many Name Servers? (DNS and Bind)
- initializing (debugging example): Name Server Startup (BIND 8, Debug Level 1) (DNS and Bind)
- internal database, command for copying: ndc and controls (BIND 8) (DNS and Bind)
- lame (see lame delegation)
- limiting query frequency: Limiting transfers requested per name server (DNS and Bind)
- local, configuring: Local Name Server (DNS and Bind)
- maintenance for: Maintenance Intervals (DNS and Bind)
- master (see primary master name server)
- mimicking queries with nslookup: Querying Like a BIND Name Server (DNS and Bind)
- monitoring: Keeping Everything Running Smoothly (DNS and Bind)
- multiple, nslookup and: Multiple Servers (DNS and Bind)
- network preferences for: Preferring Name Servers on Certain Networks (DNS and Bind)
- nonrecursive: Nonrecursive Name Server (DNS and Bind)
- NS records and: Types (DNS and Bind)
- options for: The options Directive (DNS and Bind)
- overworked, how to handle: Capacity Planning (DNS and Bind)
- partial-slave: Partial-Slave Servers (DNS and Bind)
- primary master (see primary master name server)
- queried by resolver: The nameserver Directive (DNS and Bind)
- reconfiguring, command for: ndc and controls (BIND 8) (DNS and Bind)
- registering: Registering Name Servers (DNS and Bind)
- reloading, command for: ndc and controls (BIND 8) (DNS and Bind)
- resolvers without: Resolver Only (DNS and Bind)
- restarting, command for: ndc and controls (BIND 8) (DNS and Bind)
- restricted (forward-only): More Restricted Name Server (DNS and Bind)
- root (see root name servers)
- - Nonrecursive Name Server (DNS and Bind)
- root command and: Option Settings (DNS and Bind)
- roundtrip time and: Choosing Between Authoritative Name Servers (DNS and Bind)
- running two in one: Two Name Servers in One (DNS and Bind)
- Samba: NetBIOS Name Service (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- security for (see security)
- selecting for resolver: nameserver (DNS and Bind)
- setting up: Setting Up BIND (DNS and Bind)
- - more than one, importance of: Types of Name Servers (DNS and Bind)
- slave (see slave name servers)
- - Running a Primary Master Name Server (DNS and Bind)
- software: BIND, Resolvers, and named (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- split-function: Split-Function Name Servers (DNS and Bind)
- starting, command for: ndc and controls (BIND 8) (DNS and Bind)
- statistics on
- - command for: ndc and controls (BIND 8) (DNS and Bind)
  - interpreting: Understanding the BIND Statistics (DNS and Bind)
- status information, command for printing: ndc and controls (BIND 8) (DNS and Bind)
- stopping/resuming, command for: ndc and controls (BIND 8) (DNS and Bind)
- - ndc and controls (BIND 8) (DNS and Bind)
- switching with nslookup: Switching Name Servers (DNS and Bind)
- system configuration: Getting Started (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- time spent running: Common Syslog Messages (DNS and Bind)
- troubleshooting, no response from: No Response from Server (DNS and Bind)
- two running concurrently, syslog messages and: Common Syslog Messages (DNS and Bind)
- types of: Types of Name Servers (DNS and Bind)
- upgrading BIND and: Name Server Behavior (DNS and Bind)
- where to run them: Where Do I Put My Name Servers? (DNS and Bind)
name service spoofing: Name Service and IP Spoofing (SSH, The Secure Shell)
Name Service Switch file: The nsswitch.conf file (TCP/IP Network Administration)
name services: Application Layer (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- BIND, overview: BIND: Unix Name Service (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- dig tool: nslookup and dig (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- dnswalk tool: doc, dnswalk, and lamers (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- doc tool: doc, dnswalk, and lamers (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- domain names, obtaining: Obtaining a Domain Name (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- lame delegations: doc, dnswalk, and lamers (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- lamers tool: doc, dnswalk, and lamers (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- listing name servers: nslookup and dig (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- NIS and NIS+: NIS and NIS+ (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- nslookup tool: nslookup and dig (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- other DNS tools: Other tools (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- troubleshooting: Name Services (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
name-to-address mapping: Mapping Addresses to Names (DNS and Bind)
- Setting Up Zone Data (DNS and Bind)
- Setting Up Zone Data (DNS and Bind)
- Address and Alias Records (DNS and Bind)
- A6 records and: records and forward mapping (DNS and Bind)
- dynamic update and: DNS Dynamic Update (DNS and Bind)
- for IPv6 addresses: IPv6 Forward and Reverse Mapping (DNS and Bind)
name value (DNS resource records): Standard Resource Records (TCP/IP Network Administration)
named boot file, /etc/named.boot file: Setting Up Zone Data (DNS and Bind)
named-bootconf DNS tool: Other tools (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
named-bootconf utility: Setting Up a BIND Configuration File (DNS and Bind)
named command: BIND: Unix Name Service (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- BIND 9 statements
- - controls: The BIND 9 controls statement (TCP/IP Network Administration)
  - logging: The BIND 9 logging statement (TCP/IP Network Administration)
  - options: The BIND 9 options statement (TCP/IP Network Administration)
  - server: The BIND 9 server statement (TCP/IP Network Administration)
  - view: BIND 9 view Statement (TCP/IP Network Administration)
  - zone: The BIND 9 zone statement (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- command-line options: The named Command (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- configuring: Configuring named (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- controls statement: The controls Statement (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- error messages: Controlling the named Process (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- logging statement: The logging Statement (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- running: Controlling the named Process (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- signal processing: Signal Processing (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- syntax: The named Command (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- zone statement: The zone Statement (TCP/IP Network Administration)
named manual page, finding server executable in: Starting Up the Name Server (DNS and Bind)
named (name server daemon): Setting Up a BIND Configuration File (DNS and Bind)
- syslog messages emitted by: Common Syslog Messages (DNS and Bind)
named programs (DNS): Set up a real DNS server on an internal system for internal hosts to use (Building Internet Firewalls)
named server daemon: BIND, Resolvers, and named (TCP/IP Network Administration)
named-xfer DNS tool: Other tools (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
named-xfer option (named): The options Statement (TCP/IP Network Administration)
named-xfer utility: Using Signals (DNS and Bind)
- How to Use named-xfer (DNS and Bind)
- changing location of: Changing System File Locations in BIND 8 and 9 (DNS and Bind)
named.boot file, /etc/named.boot file: Setting Up a BIND Configuration File (DNS and Bind)
named.ca file: The Cache Initialization File (TCP/IP Network Administration)
named.conf file: Configuring named (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- bastion host and: Configuring the bastion host (DNS and Bind)
- for caching-only name servers: Caching-Only Servers (DNS and Bind)
- caching-only servers: caching-only server configuration (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- configuration commands: named.conf Configuration Commands (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- distinguishing primary master name server from slave name server in: Running a Slave Name Server (DNS and Bind)
- /etc/named.conf file: Setting Up Zone Data (DNS and Bind)
- - Setting Up a BIND Configuration File (DNS and Bind)
  - modifying on slave name server host: Setup (DNS and Bind)
- key statement, adding to: rndc and controls (BIND 9) (DNS and Bind)
- overview: The named.conf File (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- for partial-slave name servers: Partial-Slave Servers (DNS and Bind)
- for running two name servers in one: Two Name Servers in One (DNS and Bind)
named_dump.db file: How to Read a Database Dump (DNS and Bind)
- changing location of: Changing System File Locations in BIND 8 and 9 (DNS and Bind)
named.local file: The named.local File (TCP/IP Network Administration)
named.pid file: Using Signals (DNS and Bind)
- changing location of: Changing System File Locations in BIND 8 and 9 (DNS and Bind)
named.root file (see root hints file)
namedroppers mailing list: Handy Mailing Lists and Usenet Newsgroups (DNS and Bind)
- updated root hints file sent to: The Root Hints Data (DNS and Bind)
named.run file: Logging in BIND 8 and 9 (DNS and Bind)
- Turning On Debugging (DNS and Bind)
named.stats file: ndc and controls (BIND 8) (DNS and Bind)
- changing location of: Changing System File Locations in BIND 8 and 9 (DNS and Bind)
- statistics dumped into
- - BIND 9: BIND 9 statistics (DNS and Bind)
  - BIND 4.9 and 8: BIND 4.9 and 8 statistics (DNS and Bind)
names
- and netgroups: Netgroups (Managing NFS and NIS)
- domains: Domain names (Managing NFS and NIS)
nameserver directive: The Resolver (DNS and Bind)
- The nameserver Directive (DNS and Bind)
- nameserver (DNS and Bind)
nameserver entry (resolv.conf file): The Resolver Configuration File (TCP/IP Network Administration)
namespace
- dividing up, guidelines for: How Many Children? (DNS and Bind)
- ip6.int: AAAA and ip6.int (DNS and Bind)
- split: Split Namespace (DNS and Bind)
- split vs. shadow: Split Namespace (DNS and Bind)
nametype: TSIG-Signed Updates (DNS and Bind)
naming
- decentralized name management: DNS versus NIS (Managing NFS and NIS)
- diskless clients: Changing a client's name (Managing NFS and NIS)
- domains, hierarchical: Domain names (Managing NFS and NIS)
- filesystems: Naming schemes (Managing NFS and NIS)
- - NFS: System Administration Using the Network File System (Managing NFS and NIS)
- maps: Map naming (Managing NFS and NIS)
- mount points: Mount point constructions (Managing NFS and NIS)
naming conventions for subdomain names: What to Name Your Children (DNS and Bind)
naming services (see DNS)
namlen= option (fstab file): The vfstab and fstab files (TCP/IP Network Administration)
NAPs (Network Access Points): Internet Routing Architecture (TCP/IP Network Administration)
NAT (network address translation)
- compared to proxy servers: Obtaining an IP Address (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- non-connected networks: Connected and Non-Connected Networks (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- overview: Obtaining an IP Address (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- scalability: Obtaining an IP Address (TCP/IP Network Administration)
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST): Digital Signature Algorithm (DSA) (SSH, The Secure Shell)
National Laboratory for Applied Network Research (NLANR): Generic Sources (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
National Science Foundation (NSF), NSFNet: TCP/IP and the Internet (TCP/IP Network Administration)
natural mask: The Natural Mask (TCP/IP Network Administration)
NBT (NetBIOS over TCP/IP): Using Samba to Share Resources with Windows (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- Other Tools for Windows (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
nbtstat NetBIOS tool: Other Tools for Windows (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
nc connection tool: Other tools (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
ncache category: BIND 8 categories (DNS and Bind)
NCC (Network Control Center): Internet Routing Architecture (TCP/IP Network Administration)
ncsize, boot and: Kernel configuration (Managing NFS and NIS)
ND: NFS support for diskless clients (Managing NFS and NIS)
ndc command: Controlling the named Process (TCP/IP Network Administration)
ndc (name daemon controller): Check for Syslog Errors (DNS and Bind)
- ndc and controls (BIND 8) (DNS and Bind)
- commands. equivalents for signals (list): Using Signals (DNS and Bind)
ndd command, configuration options: Using Dynamically Loadable Modules (TCP/IP Network Administration)
ndd kernel tool: Kernel (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
ndots option: options ndots (4.9+) (DNS and Bind)
ndots option (resolv.conf file): The Resolver Configuration File (TCP/IP Network Administration)
ndots setting: The options Directive (DNS and Bind)
Near End Cross-Talk (NEXT): Cable testers (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
negative caching: Caching (DNS and Bind)
- The Resolver Search Algorithm and Negative Caching (BIND 8) (DNS and Bind)
- Other Name Servers Don't Cache Your Negative Answers (DNS and Bind)
negative caching TTL value: SOA Values (DNS and Bind)
negative_timeout option: Silicon Graphics' IRIX (DNS and Bind)
neighbor clause (gated): The egp Statement (TCP/IP Network Administration)
nemesis packet tools: Custom Packets Generators (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- nemesis (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- Firewall testing (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- Sources for Tools (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
NerveCenter: NMS Suites (Essential SNMP)
Nessus (automated system monitoring): Automated Monitoring (TCP/IP Network Administration)
nessus security tool: Scanning Tools (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- Sources for Tools (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
nested IP over IP: IP over IP and GRE (Building Internet Firewalls)
Net8: Oracle SQL*Net and Net8 (Building Internet Firewalls)
net domain: Top-Level Domains (DNS and Bind)
- The Domain Hierarchy (TCP/IP Network Administration)
net keyword (routed command): Running RIP with routed (TCP/IP Network Administration)
Net Logon service: Which Services Should You Leave Enabled? (Building Internet Firewalls)
NET SNMP: SNMP-Based Management Tools (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- agents and traps: Agents and traps (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- command line options: Configuration and options (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- configuration and options: Configuration and options (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- Microsoft Windows version: SNMP Tools (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- snmpget utility: snmpget (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- snmpgetnext utility: snmpgetnext, snmpwalk, and snmptable (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- snmpnetstat utility: snmpnetstat (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- snmpset utility: snmpset (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- snmpstatus utility: snmpstatus (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- snmptable utility: snmpgetnext, snmpwalk, and snmptable (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- snmptranslate utility: snmptranslate (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- snmptrap utility: Agents and traps (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- snmptrapd utility: Agents and traps (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- snmpwalk utility: snmpgetnext, snmpwalk, and snmptable (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- source website: Sources for Tools (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
Net-SNMP C Library: Supporting Software (Essential SNMP)
Net-SNMP Perl Module: Supporting Software (Essential SNMP)
Net Watcher tool: Other Options (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
netacl program: Using netacl to protect services (Building Internet Firewalls)
NetBench tool: Microsoft Windows (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
NetBEUI: File Sharing for Microsoft Networks (Building Internet Firewalls)
NetBIOS: File Sharing for Microsoft Networks (Building Internet Firewalls)
- Other Tools for Windows (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- disabling: Specific Windows Services to Disable (Building Internet Firewalls)
- file sharing and: File Sharing (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- Samba and: Using Samba to Share Resources with Windows (TCP/IP Network Administration)
NetBIOS names: NetBIOS for TCP/IP Name Service and Windows Internet Name Service (Building Internet Firewalls)
- NetBIOS Names (Building Internet Firewalls)
NetBIOS over TCP/IP (see NetBT)
NetBIOS over TCP/IP (NBT): Using Samba to Share Resources with Windows (TCP/IP Network Administration)
NetBT: NetBIOS over TCP/IP (NetBT) (Building Internet Firewalls)
- File Sharing for Microsoft Networks (Building Internet Firewalls)
- NetBIOS for TCP/IP Name Service and Windows Internet Name Service (Building Internet Firewalls)
- disabling: Specific Windows Services to Disable (Building Internet Firewalls)
- name service: NetBIOS Names (Building Internet Firewalls)
Netcaster: Push Technologies (Building Internet Firewalls)
netcat: Port Monitor (Essential SNMP)
netcat program: Analyzing Other Protocols (Building Internet Firewalls)
netcat TCP tool: Other tools (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- Microsoft Windows (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- Sources for Tools (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
Netcool: Supporting Software (Essential SNMP)
netdb command (scotty): Tcl/Tk and scotty (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
Net/Dest field (netstat command): The Interface Name (TCP/IP Network Administration)
Net::DNS Perl module: Perl Developing with Net::DNS (DNS and Bind)
- TSIG-signed dynamic updates and: Using TSIG (DNS and Bind)
Netfilter Configuration option (Linux kernel configuration): Linux Kernel Configuration (TCP/IP Network Administration)
netfilter filtering system: Linux netfilter (Building Internet Firewalls)
netgroup option (share command): The share command (TCP/IP Network Administration)
netgroups: Using netgroups (Managing NFS and NIS)
- Control file details (SSH, The Secure Shell)
- wildcards: Netgroups as wildcards (SSH, The Secure Shell)
netgroups file: Differences in Service Behavior (DNS and Bind)
netgroups map: Enabling NIS on client hosts (Managing NFS and NIS)
- Working with the maps (Managing NFS and NIS)
- Netgroups (Managing NFS and NIS)
- building other netgroups: Netgroups (Managing NFS and NIS)
- hostname field, NFS clients: Netgroups (Managing NFS and NIS)
- hostname, formats: Hostname formats in netgroups (Managing NFS and NIS)
- password file and: Netgroups (Managing NFS and NIS)
- source: Netgroups (Managing NFS and NIS)
netid.byname map: Files managed under NIS (Managing NFS and NIS)
netinfo (sendmail K command value): The sendmail K Command (TCP/IP Network Administration)
netinstall, client configuration: Setting up a diskless client (Managing NFS and NIS)
netmask command (dip): The dip Script File (TCP/IP Network Administration)
netmask (gated): Interface Statements (TCP/IP Network Administration)
netmask keyword: Assigning a Subnet Mask (TCP/IP Network Administration)
NETMASK (Linux configuration value): Assigning an Address (TCP/IP Network Administration)
netmask mask argument (ifconfig command): The ifconfig Command (TCP/IP Network Administration)
netmask option (pppd): The PPP Daemon (TCP/IP Network Administration)
netmasks database: Multiple interfaces (Managing NFS and NIS)
netmasks file (Solaris): Assigning a Subnet Mask (TCP/IP Network Administration)
netmasks map, ifconfig: Subnetwork masks (Managing NFS and NIS)
NetMeeting: NetMeeting (Building Internet Firewalls)
netmon monitoring tool: Access to Traffic (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- Microsoft Windows (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- Microsoft Windows (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- Sources for Tools (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
netmon (NNM daemon process): The netmon Process (Essential SNMP)
- filters: Using OpenView Filters (Essential SNMP)
- polling problems: Configuring Polling Intervals (Essential SNMP)
- seed files: The netmon Process (Essential SNMP)
- switches in: Configuring Polling Intervals (Essential SNMP)
- testing routers: The netmon Process (Essential SNMP)
netperf benchmarking tool: netperf (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- Microsoft Windows (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- Sources for Tools (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
NetSaint program: Consider Using Software to Automate Monitoring (Building Internet Firewalls)
Netscape Navigator: The World Wide Web (Building Internet Firewalls)
NetSCARF statistics tool: Sources for Tools (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
netserver measurement program: netperf (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
netstat: Routers and their routing tables (Managing NFS and NIS)
- Next Steps After Disabling Services (Building Internet Firewalls)
- Analyzing Other Protocols (Building Internet Firewalls)
- -in command
- - fields: The Interface Name (TCP/IP Network Administration)
  - Linux output: The Interface Name (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- -nr command: The Routing Table (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- and local network interface: Local network interface (Managing NFS and NIS)
- as host-monitoring tool: Host-Monitoring Tools (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- comparing to inetd.conf file: Basic Configuration Files (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- diagnostic troubleshooting: Diagnostic Tools (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- displaying connections and services: netstat (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- local physical network interface: Local network interface (Managing NFS and NIS)
- network interfaces, determining available: The Interface Name (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- routing, troubleshooting: Checking Routing (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- troubleshooting with: Checking the Interface with netstat (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- listing routing tables: netstat (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- Microsoft Windows: Microsoft Windows (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- - Microsoft Windows (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- SNMP version: snmpnetstat (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- traffic measurements: Traffic Measurements with netstat (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- troubleshooting routing tables: Routing (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- using with tkined: Autodiscovery with tkined (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- netstat (Unix command): Choosing the Target Forwarding Address (SSH, The Secure Shell)
netsvc.conf file: AIX 4.2.1 (DNS and Bind)
Netview (Tivoli): NMS Suites (Essential SNMP)
network
- architecture (see firewalls, architecture of)
- checking connectivity of (see ping)
- diagnostics: ICMP and Network Diagnostics (Building Internet Firewalls)
- disconnecting from
- - after incident: Disconnect or Shut Down, as Appropriate (Building Internet Firewalls)
  - plan to: Planning for Disconnecting or Shutting Down Machines (Building Internet Firewalls)
- File System (see also NFS)
- functions, SOCKS version of: Converting Clients to Use SOCKS (Building Internet Firewalls)
- independent screened: Independent Screened Subnets (Building Internet Firewalls)
- insecure: Insecure Networks (Building Internet Firewalls)
- internal, locating web and database servers on: Putting both the web server and the database on the internal network (Building Internet Firewalls)
- joint: Joint Venture Firewalls (Building Internet Firewalls)
- lab/test: Laboratory Networks (Building Internet Firewalls)
- lesystems: File Sharing (Building Internet Firewalls)
- location of bastion host on: Locating Bastion Hosts on the Network (Building Internet Firewalls)
- management services: Administrative Services (Building Internet Firewalls)
- - Administrative Services (Building Internet Firewalls)
- monitoring automatically: Consider Using Software to Automate Monitoring (Building Internet Firewalls)
- perimeter: Some Firewall Definitions (Building Internet Firewalls)
- - Perimeter Network (Building Internet Firewalls)
  - Screened Subnet Architecture (Building Internet Firewalls)
  - locating web and database servers on: Putting both the web server and the database on the perimeter network (Building Internet Firewalls)
- protecting internally: Internal Firewalls (Building Internet Firewalls)
- security (see security)
- split-screened, architecture of: Split-Screened Subnet (Building Internet Firewalls)
- taps: Information theft (Building Internet Firewalls)
- Time Protocol (see NTP)
- transferring information across (see packet filtering)
- virtual private (see VPN)
Network Access Layer: Network Access Layer (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- Network Access Layer (TCP/IP Network Administration)
Network Access Points (see NAPs)
network adapters, Linux kernel configuration: Linux Kernel Configuration (TCP/IP Network Administration)
network address translation (see NAT)
Network Address Translation, firewall and: Using NFS through firewalls (Managing NFS and NIS)
network address translation (NAT): Some Firewall Definitions (Building Internet Firewalls)
- Network Address Translation (Building Internet Firewalls)
- advantages/disadvantages: Advantages of Network Address Translation (Building Internet Firewalls)
network administration
- decentralized: Subnets (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- defined: Overview of TCP/IP (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- hostnames: Names and Addresses (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- remote administrators, contacting: Locating an Administrator (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- routing and: Planning Routing (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- security information resources: Use the network to distribute information (TCP/IP Network Administration)
network analyzers: Network analyzers (Managing NFS and NIS)
- capture filters: Capture filters (Managing NFS and NIS)
- ethereal: ethereal / tethereal (Managing NFS and NIS)
- read filters: Read filters (Managing NFS and NIS)
- snoop: snoop (Managing NFS and NIS)
network applications, security issues: Introduction to SSH (SSH, The Secure Shell)
network benchmark software: Packet Injection Tools (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- Microsoft Windows (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
Network Computing Technologies Trap Generator: Sending Traps with Network Computing Technologies Trap Generator (Essential SNMP)
Network Computing Technologies Trap Receiver: Supporting Software (Essential SNMP)
- Using the Network Computing Technologies Trap Receiver (Essential SNMP)
- Using the Network Computing Technologies Trap Receiver (Essential SNMP)
network connectivity (see connectivity testing)
Network Control Center (NCC): Internet Routing Architecture (TCP/IP Network Administration)
Network Control protocols: The Serial Protocols (TCP/IP Network Administration)
Network Disk (see Network Disk)
network drawing (see mapping networks)
network emulators
- benefits: Network Emulators and Simulators (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- gateway emulators: NISTNet (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- NISTNet: NISTNet (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- uses: Network Emulators and Simulators (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
network file, NIS domains: Network Information Service (TCP/IP Network Administration)
Network File System (see also NFS)
- Application Layer (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- NFS (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
Network File System (NFS): Differences in Service Behavior (DNS and Bind)
Network Information Center (see NIC)
- The Host Table (TCP/IP Network Administration)
Network Information Service (see NIS)
- Sun's SunOS 4.x (DNS and Bind)
- Naming and Directory Services (Building Internet Firewalls)
- Introduction to Directory Services (Managing NFS and NIS)
- Network Information Service Operation (Managing NFS and NIS)
- The Host Table (TCP/IP Network Administration)
Network Information Service (NIS): rsh Suite (R-Commands) (SSH, The Secure Shell)
Network Information System (NIS): SystemEDGE (Essential SNMP)
network interface interval: Interface interval (DNS and Bind)
network layer (7-layer model): Network layer (Managing NFS and NIS)
- datagrams: Datagrams and packets (Managing NFS and NIS)
- IP addressing: IP host addresses (Managing NFS and NIS)
Network Layer (OSI Model): Data Communications Model (TCP/IP Network Administration)
network-level protocols (see names of specific protocols)
NETWORK (Linux configuration value): Assigning an Address (TCP/IP Network Administration)
network management
- tutorials and resources: System Management (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- cabling: Cabling (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- costs and economic considerations: Economic considerations (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- documenting networks: Documentation (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- drawing network diagrams: Drawing maps with tkined (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- ego management: Ego management (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- heavily customized systems: Need for Troubleshooting Tools (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- identifying portions for performance measurement: General steps (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- identifying systems in troubleshooting: Generic Troubleshooting (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- implementing troubleshooting practices: Troubleshooting and Management (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- IP addresses: IP Address Management (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- legal and ethical considerations: Legal and ethical considerations (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- log file management: Log File Management (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- management software tools: Characteristics of Management Software (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- partitioned responsibilities in organizations: Need for Troubleshooting Tools (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- performance (see performance measurement)
- personnel problems: Ego management (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- politics and: Politics and Security (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- professionalism and: Professionalism (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- scalability vs. capacity: Economic considerations (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- security and protection: Protecting Yourself (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- - Politics and Security (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- segmented network benefits: Access to Traffic (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- selecting commercial products: Selecting a Product (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- tools
- - device discovery: Device Discovery (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
  - - Politics and Security (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
  - device type identification: Device Identification (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
  - mapping tools: Mapping or Diagramming (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
  - Microsoft Windows tools: Microsoft Windows (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
  - NET SNMP tool: SNMP-Based Management Tools (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
  - network-monitoring tools: Network-Monitoring Tools (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
  - RMON: RMON (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
  - scotty tool: scotty (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
  - scripting tools: Scripts (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
  - sniffers: Point-Monitoring Tools (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
  - tkined tool: tkined (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
  - - tkined (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- troubleshooting vs. management: Troubleshooting Versus Management (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- understanding current behavior of systems: Need for Troubleshooting Tools (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
Network Management Server, University at Buffalo: Getting More Information (Essential SNMP)
- Network-Management Software (Essential SNMP)
network managers as sources of information: Sources of Information (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
network masks: Preventing Unauthorized Zone Transfers (DNS and Bind)
Network Monitor: Performance Monitor and Network Monitor (Building Internet Firewalls)
- Microsoft Windows (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
network-monitoring tools: Network-Monitoring Tools (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- cricket tool: cricket (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- lists of: Generic Sources (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- Microsoft Windows: Microsoft Windows (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- mrtg tool: mrtg (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- RMON: RMON (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- rrd tool: rrd and the Future of mrtg (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- SNMP (see SNMP)
network names: Network Names and Numbers (DNS and Bind)
Network News Transfer Protocol (see NNTP)
- Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) (Building Internet Firewalls)
Network Node Manager (see OpenView Network Node Manager)
network numbers: Network Names and Numbers (DNS and Bind)
- The Natural Mask (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- classes: IPv4 address classes (Managing NFS and NIS)
- IPv4, addresses: IPv4 address classes (Managing NFS and NIS)
Network Operations Centers (NOCs): Human Considerations (Essential SNMP)
@network option (share command): The share command (TCP/IP Network Administration)
Network packet filtering option (Linux kernel configuration): Linux Kernel Configuration (TCP/IP Network Administration)
network registries: Checking That Your Network Is Registered (DNS and Bind)
Network Research Group (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory): Generic Sources (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
network services
- configuration servers: Configuration Servers (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- - DHCP: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (TCP/IP Network Administration)
  - - DHCP (TCP/IP Network Administration)
  - RARP: Reverse Address Resolution Protocol (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- defined: Network Services (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- DNS: DNS (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- - BIND: Unix Name Service (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- email, planning: Planning Your Mail System (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- file servers: File Servers (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- file sharing: File Sharing (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- inetd: The Internet Daemon (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- Linux kernel configuration: Linux Kernel Configuration (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- mail: Mail Services (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- - IMAP: Internet Message Access Protocol (TCP/IP Network Administration)
  - MIME: Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (TCP/IP Network Administration)
  - POP: Post Office Protocol (TCP/IP Network Administration)
  - SMTP: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- name servers, running: Controlling the named Process (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- name servers, Samba: NetBIOS Name Service (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- NFS
- - configuring: Sharing Unix Filesystems (TCP/IP Network Administration)
  - daemons: NFS Daemons (TCP/IP Network Administration)
  - mounting remote directories: Mounting Remote Filesystems (TCP/IP Network Administration)
  - overview: The Network File System (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- NIS: Network Information Service (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- port numbers and: Port Numbers (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- print servers: Print Services (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- - Line Printer: Line Printer Service (TCP/IP Network Administration)
  - lpd: Line Printer Daemon (TCP/IP Network Administration)
  - lpr command: Using LPD (TCP/IP Network Administration)
  - overview: Sharing Unix Printers (TCP/IP Network Administration)
  - printcap file: The printcap file (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- restoring: The Internet Daemon (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- Samba, overview: Using Samba to Share Resources with Windows (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- sendmail: sendmail (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- - Compiling sendmail (TCP/IP Network Administration)
network simulators
- animating: ns and nam (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- benefits: Network Emulators and Simulators (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- ns and nam tools: ns and nam (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- uses: Network Emulators and Simulators (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
network sniffers: Point-Monitoring Tools (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
Network Solutions Inc.
- registration fees charged by: Registering Your Zones (DNS and Bind)
- as registry and registrar: On Registrars and Registries (DNS and Bind)
- - Choosing a registrar (DNS and Bind)
network stack: Networking overview (Managing NFS and NIS)
- see also protocol stack: Networking overview (Managing NFS and NIS)
Network Terminal Protocol (see telnet)
network time protocol (NTP): Configuring TSIG (DNS and Bind)
network unreachable codes (see ICMP)
Network unreachable error (ping command): Testing Basic Connectivity (TCP/IP Network Administration)
network unreachable message: One name server configured (DNS and Bind)
- resolvers and: Outages (DNS and Bind)
Network Virtual Terminal (NVT) ASCII: Application-Protocols Tools (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
NetworkAddress datatype (SMIv1): Defining OIDs (Essential SNMP)
networking
- overview: Networking overview (Managing NFS and NIS)
- protocols: Networking overview (Managing NFS and NIS)
- - ISO 7-layer model: Networking overview (Managing NFS and NIS)
- routing: Network layer (Managing NFS and NIS)
networking scripts: Startup Files and Scripts (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
networks: Loss of Network Connectivity (DNS and Bind)
- (see also connectivity)
- /24 network, subnetting: Class C networks (DNS and Bind)
- - Solution 3 (DNS and Bind)
- access troubleshooting
- - arp command: Troubleshooting with the arp Command (TCP/IP Network Administration)
  - ifconfig file: Troubleshooting with the ifconfig Command (TCP/IP Network Administration)
  - netstat command: Checking the Interface with netstat (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- architecture, dataless clients: Dataless clients (Managing NFS and NIS)
- ATM: ATM and FDDI networks (Managing NFS and NIS)
- autonomous systems: Internet Routing Architecture (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- bandwidth, bottlenecks: Problem areas (Managing NFS and NIS)
- bridges: Network partitioning hardware (Managing NFS and NIS)
- broadcast addresses: Broadcast addresses (Managing NFS and NIS)
- cabling: Local network interface (Managing NFS and NIS)
- carrier sense transmission: Collisions and network saturation (Managing NFS and NIS)
- checking registration of: Checking That Your Network Is Registered (DNS and Bind)
- collisions
- - errors: Local network interface (Managing NFS and NIS)
  - saturation: Collisions and network saturation (Managing NFS and NIS)
- configuring, startup files: Putting ifconfig in the startup scripts (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- congestion: Network congestion and network interfaces (Managing NFS and NIS)
- connected vs. non-connected: Connected and Non-Connected Networks (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- connectivity, ping and: Using ping to check network connectivity (Managing NFS and NIS)
- debugging: Debugging Network Problems (Managing NFS and NIS)
- design, NIS: NIS network design (Managing NFS and NIS)
- domains, dividing into: Dividing a network into domains (Managing NFS and NIS)
- enterprise: Connected and Non-Connected Networks (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- FDDI: ATM and FDDI networks (Managing NFS and NIS)
- gateways: Network partitioning hardware (Managing NFS and NIS)
- heterogeneous: Protocol Standards (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- hubs: Network partitioning hardware (Managing NFS and NIS)
- infrastructure: Network infrastructure (Managing NFS and NIS)
- interconnecting dissimilar physical networks: Defining the Subnet Mask (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- interface: Physical and data link layers (Managing NFS and NIS)
- - Frames and network interfaces (Managing NFS and NIS)
  - defined: Physical and data link layers (Managing NFS and NIS)
  - Ethernet interface: Frames and network interfaces (Managing NFS and NIS)
  - local networks: Local network interface (Managing NFS and NIS)
  - loopback interface: Frames and network interfaces (Managing NFS and NIS)
- interface configuration
- - checking: Checking the Interface with ifconfig (TCP/IP Network Administration)
  - ifconfig command: The ifconfig Command (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- interface support (BSD Unix): The device statement (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- interfaces
- - determining available: The Interface Name (TCP/IP Network Administration)
  - enabling and disabling: Enabling and disabling the interface (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- interfaces, listing: Examining interfaces (Managing NFS and NIS)
- intranets: Connected and Non-Connected Networks (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- ISDN: , ISDN, and RT (DNS and Bind)
- - New Types from RFC 1183 (DNS and Bind)
- layers: Network layer (Managing NFS and NIS)
- logical: Network partitioning hardware (Managing NFS and NIS)
- management: Preface (Managing NFS and NIS)
- MTU (maximum transmission unit): Fragmenting datagrams (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- packet fragmentation: Fragmenting datagrams (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- packet switching: The datagram (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- partitions
- - hardware: Network partitioning hardware (Managing NFS and NIS)
  - low-bandwith networks: Network infrastructure (Managing NFS and NIS)
- ping: Debugging Network Problems (Managing NFS and NIS)
- private: Connected and Non-Connected Networks (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- reliability issues: Adjusting for network reliability problems (Managing NFS and NIS)
- repeaters: Network partitioning hardware (Managing NFS and NIS)
- routers: Network partitioning hardware (Managing NFS and NIS)
- routing, planning: Planning Routing (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- saturation: Collisions and network saturation (Managing NFS and NIS)
- sending email across specific: Mail to specific Internet domain names (DNS and Bind)
- services: Internet and RPC server configuration (Managing NFS and NIS)
- - aliases: Port Numbers (TCP/IP Network Administration)
  - ARPA: Internet and RPC server configuration (Managing NFS and NIS)
  - ftp: Internet and RPC server configuration (Managing NFS and NIS)
  - Internet: Internet and RPC server configuration (Managing NFS and NIS)
  - port numbers: Port Numbers (TCP/IP Network Administration)
  - sockets: Sockets (TCP/IP Network Administration)
  - telnet: Internet and RPC server configuration (Managing NFS and NIS)
  - see also services: Internet and RPC server configuration (Managing NFS and NIS)
- specifying with sortlist directive: The sortlist Directive (DNS and Bind)
- stack: Networking overview (Managing NFS and NIS)
- subnet masks, distributing: Defining the Subnet Mask (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- subnetted/subnetting: sortlist (DNS and Bind)
- - sortlist (4.9+) (DNS and Bind)
  - address sorting and: Address sorting on subnetted networks (DNS and Bind)
  - on/off octet boundaries: Subnetting on an Octet Boundary (DNS and Bind)
- support, FreeBSD: The device statement (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- switches: Network partitioning hardware (Managing NFS and NIS)
- topology: Addressing, Routing, and Multiplexing (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- traffic
- - ethereal/tethereal: ethereal / tethereal (Managing NFS and NIS)
  - filtering: Protocol filtering (Managing NFS and NIS)
  - measuring: Collisions and network saturation (Managing NFS and NIS)
- traffic, reducing: Subdividing an Ethernet (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- utilization, measuring: Collisions and network saturation (Managing NFS and NIS)
- X.25: , ISDN, and RT (DNS and Bind)
networks file, NIS map: Network Information Service (TCP/IP Network Administration)
networks, managing (see managing networks)
newaliases command (sendmail): sendmail Aliases (TCP/IP Network Administration)
newline characters: Extensibility for Unix and Windows (Essential SNMP)
- Tables (Essential SNMP)
news (MIME data subtype): Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (TCP/IP Network Administration)
news server (NNTP), port forwarding: Port Forwarding (SSH, The Secure Shell)
newsgroups: Usenet News (Building Internet Firewalls)
- Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) (Building Internet Firewalls)
- Sources of Information (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- for BIND: Handy Mailing Lists and Usenet Newsgroups (DNS and Bind)
- information about security vulnerabilities: BIND Version (DNS and Bind)
- keeping current via: Newsgroups (Building Internet Firewalls)
- private: Usenet News (Building Internet Firewalls)
- security resources via: Newsgroups (Building Internet Firewalls)
newsgroups, security information: Use the network to distribute information (TCP/IP Network Administration)
newsgroups, Usenet: Getting More Information (Essential SNMP)
- Getting Help (Essential SNMP)
Next-Level Aggregators (NLAs): The ABCs of IPv6 Addressing (DNS and Bind)
NEXT (Near End Cross-Talk): Cable testers (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
next-server parameter (dhcpd): Configuration Parameters (TCP/IP Network Administration)
NFS (see also Network File System):
- Preface (Managing NFS and NIS)
- ACLs and: ACLs and NFS (Managing NFS and NIS)
- behavior characterization, performance tuning and: Characterization of NFS behavior (Managing NFS and NIS)
- client I/O: Client I/O system (Managing NFS and NIS)
- client-side failover: Replication (Managing NFS and NIS)
- clients
- - hostname field, netgroups: Netgroups (Managing NFS and NIS)
  - troubleshooting: NFS client problems (Managing NFS and NIS)
- components: NFS components (Managing NFS and NIS)
- diagnostic tools: NFS Diagnostic Tools (Managing NFS and NIS)
- - administration: NFS administration tools (Managing NFS and NIS)
  - publicly available: Publicly available diagnostics (Managing NFS and NIS)
  - statistics: NFS statistics (Managing NFS and NIS)
- diskless clients, support: NFS support for diskless clients (Managing NFS and NIS)
- and DOS: PC/NFS Clients (Managing NFS and NIS)
- - see also PC/NFS: PC/NFS Clients (Managing NFS and NIS)
- encryption: NFS security (Managing NFS and NIS)
- environment, large: System Administration Using the Network File System (Managing NFS and NIS)
- errno values: NFS errno values (Managing NFS and NIS)
- error messages: Asynchronous NFS error messages (Managing NFS and NIS)
- - debugging case study: Asynchronous NFS error messages (Managing NFS and NIS)
- file locking
- - hangs: Diagnosing NFS lock hangs (Managing NFS and NIS)
  - mandatory: Mandatory locking and NFS (Managing NFS and NIS)
  - Windows and: NFS and Windows lock semantics (Managing NFS and NIS)
- file locking and: NFS and file locking (Managing NFS and NIS)
- filehandles: Pathnames and filehandles (Managing NFS and NIS)
- filesystems
- - exporting: Exporting filesystems (Managing NFS and NIS)
  - mounting: System Administration Using the Network File System (Managing NFS and NIS)
  - - Mounting filesystems (Managing NFS and NIS)
  - naming: System Administration Using the Network File System (Managing NFS and NIS)
- firewalls: Using NFS through firewalls (Managing NFS and NIS)
- future, version 4 and: NFS Version 4 (Managing NFS and NIS)
- groups, passing: RPC security (Managing NFS and NIS)
- idempotent requests: Statelessness and crash recovery (Managing NFS and NIS)
- I/O operations, biod daemon: Setting up NFS (Managing NFS and NIS)
- IPsec: NFS and IPSec (Managing NFS and NIS)
- Kerberos and, enabling: Enabling Kerberized NFS (Managing NFS and NIS)
- kernel code: NFS kernel code (Managing NFS and NIS)
- local filesystems: System Administration Using the Network File System (Managing NFS and NIS)
- lockd daemon: Setting up NFS (Managing NFS and NIS)
- NLM, lock state: Examining lock state on NFS/NLM servers (Managing NFS and NIS)
- overview: Preface (Managing NFS and NIS)
- - Networking Fundamentals (Managing NFS and NIS)
- pathnames: Pathnames and filehandles (Managing NFS and NIS)
- PC/NFS overview: PC/NFS Clients (Managing NFS and NIS)
- performance
- - bottlenecks: Identifying NFS performance bottlenecks (Managing NFS and NIS)
  - - Network Performance Analysis (Managing NFS and NIS)
  - measuring: Measuring performance (Managing NFS and NIS)
- protocol
- - crashes: Statelessness and crash recovery (Managing NFS and NIS)
  - statelessness, design and: Statelessness and crash recovery (Managing NFS and NIS)
- remote filesystems: System Administration Using the Network File System (Managing NFS and NIS)
- replication: Replication (Managing NFS and NIS)
- retransmissions, identifying: Identifying NFS retransmissions (Managing NFS and NIS)
- RPC and: System Administration Using the Network File System (Managing NFS and NIS)
- - maps: NFS RPC procedures (Managing NFS and NIS)
- RPC procedures: NFS RPC procedures (Managing NFS and NIS)
- - retransmission: Request retransmission (Managing NFS and NIS)
- RPC requests, randomness: Characterization of NFS behavior (Managing NFS and NIS)
- security: NFS security (Managing NFS and NIS)
- - future of: NFS security futures (Managing NFS and NIS)
  - increasing: Stronger security for NFS (Managing NFS and NIS)
  - increasing, transition: Planning a transition from NFS/sys to stronger NFS security (Managing NFS and NIS)
  - RPC: RPC security (Managing NFS and NIS)
  - services: Security services (Managing NFS and NIS)
- security level: How secure are NIS and NFS? (Managing NFS and NIS)
- server thread: nfsd and NFS server threads (Managing NFS and NIS)
- servers
- - caches, duplicate request: Request retransmission (Managing NFS and NIS)
  - logging mechanics: NFS server logging mechanics (Managing NFS and NIS)
  - remove request: Request retransmission (Managing NFS and NIS)
  - troubleshooting: NFS server problems (Managing NFS and NIS)
- setup: Setting up NFS (Managing NFS and NIS)
- Solaris, export and: Exporting filesystems (Managing NFS and NIS)
- statd daemon: Setting up NFS (Managing NFS and NIS)
- superusers, mapping: Superuser mapping (Managing NFS and NIS)
- symbolic links, resolving: Resolving symbolic links in NFS (Managing NFS and NIS)
- system administration: System Administration Using the Network File System (Managing NFS and NIS)
- over TCP: NFS over TCP is your friend (Managing NFS and NIS)
- TCP comparison: NFS over TCP (Managing NFS and NIS)
- traffic
- - file transfer size and: Characterization of NFS behavior (Managing NFS and NIS)
  - volumes: Characterization of NFS behavior (Managing NFS and NIS)
- version 3: NFS Version 3 (Managing NFS and NIS)
- - diagnostic tools: Version 2 and Version 3 differences (Managing NFS and NIS)
  - PC/NFS and: PC/NFS today (Managing NFS and NIS)
- virtual nodes: Network File System Design and Operation (Managing NFS and NIS)
- WANs and: NFS over wide-area networks (Managing NFS and NIS)
- write permissions, restricting: NFS security (Managing NFS and NIS)
- write throughput, bottlenecks and: NFS writes (NFS Version 2 versus NFS Version 3) (Managing NFS and NIS)
nfs directory: NFS Daemons (TCP/IP Network Administration)
NFS (Network File System): Differences in Service Behavior (DNS and Bind)
- (see also NFS)
- File Sharing (Building Internet Firewalls)
- Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) (Building Internet Firewalls) 14.1. Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
- Network File System (NFS) (Building Internet Firewalls)
- Application Layer (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- File Sharing (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- automounter: NFS Automounter (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- - configuration files: NFS Automounter (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- benchmark tools: NFS (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- tutorials and resources: Specific Protocols (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- client: NFS Client Vulnerabilities (Building Internet Firewalls)
- daemons: NFS Daemons (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- disabling: NFS and related services (Building Internet Firewalls)
- distributed servers, managing: Managing Distributed Servers (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- exports file: The /etc/exports file (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- file locking with: File Locking with NFS (Building Internet Firewalls)
- mount command: The mount command (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- ntop plugins for: Web mode (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- overview: The Network File System (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- security risks: /etc/sshd_config (SSH, The Secure Shell)
- - NFS Security Risks (SSH, The Secure Shell)
- tools: NFS (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- troubleshooting: NFS (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- Unix
- - configuring: Sharing Unix Filesystems (TCP/IP Network Administration)
  - mounting remote directories: Mounting Remote Filesystems (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- vfstab files, options: The vfstab and fstab files (TCP/IP Network Administration)
NFS protocol, implementation and: NFS protocol and implementation (Managing NFS and NIS)
NFS RPC mixture (see RPC mixture)
NFS Server Logging utility: NFS server logging (Managing NFS and NIS)
- FTP and: NFS server logging (Managing NFS and NIS)
nfsbug utility: nfsbug (Managing NFS and NIS)
nfs.client file: NFS Daemons (TCP/IP Network Administration)
nfsd command: NFS Daemons (TCP/IP Network Administration)
nfsd daemon: Setting up NFS (Managing NFS and NIS)
- NFS protocol and implementation (Managing NFS and NIS)
- nfsd and NFS server threads (Managing NFS and NIS)
- NFS (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- /etc/dfs/dfstab and: NFS administration tools (Managing NFS and NIS)
- maximum number of threads: Choosing the number of server threads (Managing NFS and NIS)
- overloaded servers and: Identifying NFS performance bottlenecks (Managing NFS and NIS)
- port monitoring: Port monitoring (Managing NFS and NIS)
- threads: NFS server threads (Managing NFS and NIS)
nfsd threads
- context switching: Context switching overhead (Managing NFS and NIS)
- I/0, CPU loading: CPU loading (Managing NFS and NIS)
- maximum: Choosing the number of server threads (Managing NFS and NIS)
- server performance tuning: NFS server threads (Managing NFS and NIS)
NFS/dh
- checklist: NFS/dh checklist (Managing NFS and NIS)
- enabling: Enabling NFS/dh (Managing NFS and NIS)
nfsiod daemon: NFS (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
nfslogd command: NFS Daemons (TCP/IP Network Administration)
nfslogd daemon
- configuration: Other configuration parameters (Managing NFS and NIS)
- log cycling: NFS log cycling (Managing NFS and NIS)
- log files and: The nfslogd daemon (Managing NFS and NIS)
nfs_max_threads parameter: Tunable Parameters (Managing NFS and NIS)
nfs3_max_transfer_size parameter: Tunable Parameters (Managing NFS and NIS)
nfs_nra parameter: Tunable Parameters (Managing NFS and NIS)
nfsprog= option (fstab file): The vfstab and fstab files (TCP/IP Network Administration)
nfs.server file: NFS Daemons (TCP/IP Network Administration)
nfs_shrinkreaddir parameter: Tunable Parameters (Managing NFS and NIS)
nfsstat
- results: Identifying NFS retransmissions (Managing NFS and NIS)
- RPC statistics: Identifying NFS retransmissions (Managing NFS and NIS)
nfsstat -c, client-side statistics: NFS statistics (Managing NFS and NIS)
nfsstat -s, server statistics: NFS statistics (Managing NFS and NIS)
nfsstat command: Replication (Managing NFS and NIS)
nfsstat command (NFS): NFS (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
nfsstat utility
- NFS RPC calls: Measuring performance (Managing NFS and NIS)
- RPC mixtures: Benchmarking (Managing NFS and NIS)
nfsvers= option (fstab file): The vfstab and fstab files (TCP/IP Network Administration)
NFSWATCH: NFSWATCH (Managing NFS and NIS)
nfswatch monitoring tool: NFS (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- Sources for Tools (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
nfs_write_error_to_cons_only parameter: Tunable Parameters (Managing NFS and NIS)
nhfsstone benchmarking tool: NFS (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- Sources for Tools (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
NIC (Network Information Center): The History of the Domain Name System (DNS and Bind)
- Missing Subdomain Delegation (DNS and Bind)
NIC (Network Information Center), host tables: The Host Table (TCP/IP Network Administration)
nicknames for hosts: Making nicknames for hosts (SSH, The Secure Shell)
nicknames, maps: Files managed under NIS (Managing NFS and NIS)
- Map structure (Managing NFS and NIS)
NiftyTelnet SSH: Table of Products (SSH, The Secure Shell)
- NiftyTelnet SSH (Macintosh) (SSH, The Secure Shell)
- authentication: Obtaining and Installing (SSH, The Secure Shell)
- - Authentication (SSH, The Secure Shell)
- File Waiting For Connection error message: Troubleshooting (SSH, The Secure Shell)
- host keys: Host Keys (SSH, The Secure Shell)
- installing: Obtaining and Installing (SSH, The Secure Shell)
- keys, generation with other SSH program: Troubleshooting (SSH, The Secure Shell)
- New Connection dialog: Obtaining and Installing (SSH, The Secure Shell)
- public-key keyfiles, listing path to: Obtaining and Installing (SSH, The Secure Shell)
- RSA Key File path: Troubleshooting (SSH, The Secure Shell)
- Scp: Scp (SSH, The Secure Shell)
- troubleshooting: Troubleshooting (SSH, The Secure Shell)
NIS: (see also Network Information Service)
- Preface (Managing NFS and NIS)
- Network Information Service (NIS) (Managing NFS and NIS)
- automounter, integration: Integration with NIS (Managing NFS and NIS)
- client only: Masters, slaves, and clients (Managing NFS and NIS)
- client-server: Masters, slaves, and clients (Managing NFS and NIS)
- clients
- - binding: Setting initial client bindings (Managing NFS and NIS)
  - DNS: Run DNS on NIS clients and servers (Managing NFS and NIS)
  - DNS enabled: Run NIS on client, enable DNS on NIS client (Managing NFS and NIS)
  - enabling: Basics of NIS management (Managing NFS and NIS)
  - - Enabling NIS on client hosts (Managing NFS and NIS)
  - servers as: NIS server as an NIS client (Managing NFS and NIS)
- configuration file copies: Network Information Service Operation (Managing NFS and NIS)
- data files (see maps)
- database, automounter maps: Integration with NIS (Managing NFS and NIS)
- DNS integration: DNS integration with NIS (Managing NFS and NIS)
- DNS, migrating to for host naming: Migrating from NIS to DNS for host naming (Managing NFS and NIS)
- domain names: NIS and DNS domain names (Managing NFS and NIS)
- - deriving from DNS: NIS and DNS domain names (Managing NFS and NIS)
- domains: Masters, slaves, and clients (Managing NFS and NIS)
- - NIS domains (Managing NFS and NIS)
- enabling software changes: Integrating NIS maps with local files (Managing NFS and NIS)
- environment installation: Basics of NIS management (Managing NFS and NIS)
- files managed under: Files managed under NIS (Managing NFS and NIS)
- files supported: Files managed under NIS (Managing NFS and NIS)
- gateways, networks: NIS in a partitioned network (Managing NFS and NIS)
- local files: Installing the NIS master server (Managing NFS and NIS)
- map information: Other NIS map information (Managing NFS and NIS)
- maps, integrating with local files: Integrating NIS maps with local files (Managing NFS and NIS)
- master server
- - hosts, changing: Changing NIS master servers (Managing NFS and NIS)
  - installing: Installing the NIS master server (Managing NFS and NIS)
- netgroups map: Enabling NIS on client hosts (Managing NFS and NIS)
- network design: NIS network design (Managing NFS and NIS)
- overview: Preface (Managing NFS and NIS)
- - Networking Fundamentals (Managing NFS and NIS)
- partitioned networks: NIS in a partitioned network (Managing NFS and NIS)
- partitioning and: NIS in a partitioned network (Managing NFS and NIS)
- root account: Installing the NIS master server (Managing NFS and NIS)
- routers, networks: NIS in a partitioned network (Managing NFS and NIS)
- scope, limiting: Masters, slaves, and clients (Managing NFS and NIS)
- security
- - increasing: Making NIS more secure (Managing NFS and NIS)
  - passwords: Password and NIS security (Managing NFS and NIS)
  - passwords, root: Managing the root password with NIS (Managing NFS and NIS)
- security level: How secure are NIS and NFS? (Managing NFS and NIS)
- server
- - as client: NIS server as an NIS client (Managing NFS and NIS)
  - DNS: Run DNS on NIS clients and servers (Managing NFS and NIS)
  - password files: Making NIS more secure (Managing NFS and NIS)
  - selecting: Choosing NIS servers (Managing NFS and NIS)
  - testing: Installing the NIS master server (Managing NFS and NIS)
- server administration, advanced: Advanced NIS server administration (Managing NFS and NIS)
- server only: Masters, slaves, and clients (Managing NFS and NIS)
- slave servers, removing: Removing an NIS slave server (Managing NFS and NIS)
- system management and: System Management Using NIS (Managing NFS and NIS)
- tools, client binding: Displaying and analyzing client bindings (Managing NFS and NIS)
- - Setting initial client bindings (Managing NFS and NIS)
NIS and NIS+: NIS and NIS+ (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
NIS domainname: Using DNS with NIS (DNS and Bind)
NIS Makefile: Using DNS with NIS (DNS and Bind)
NIS management: Basics of NIS management (Managing NFS and NIS)
NIS (Network Information Service) (see also NIS)
- Must I Use DNS? (DNS and Bind)
- Sun's SunOS 4.x (DNS and Bind)
- Naming and Directory Services (Building Internet Firewalls)
- Remote Procedure Call (RPC) (Building Internet Firewalls)
- Domain Name System (DNS) (Building Internet Firewalls)
- Network Information Service (NIS) (Building Internet Firewalls)
- rsh Suite (R-Commands) (SSH, The Secure Shell)
- disabling: NFS and related services (Building Internet Firewalls)
- domains: Network Information Service (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- domains in: Domains (DNS and Bind)
- host tables and: The Host Table (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- maps: Network Information Service (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- - Network Information Service (TCP/IP Network Administration)
  - initializing: Network Information Service (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- Name Service Switch file: The nsswitch.conf file (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- NIS+: NIS+ (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- nslookup and: Using NIS and /etc/hosts (DNS and Bind)
- overview: Network Information Service (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- SunOS 4.x, using without: Ignoring NIS (DNS and Bind)
- troubleshooting: Is NIS Really Your Problem? (DNS and Bind)
NIS (Network Information System): SystemEDGE (Essential SNMP)
NIS protocol, procedure calls: The ypserv daemon (Managing NFS and NIS)
nis (sendmail K command value): The sendmail K Command (TCP/IP Network Administration)
NIS tools
- key lookup: Key lookup (Managing NFS and NIS)
- map information: Other NIS map information (Managing NFS and NIS)
NISGINA: Alternate Authentication Methods (Building Internet Firewalls)
nisplus (sendmail K command value): The sendmail K Command (TCP/IP Network Administration)
NIST CSRC (Computer Security Resource Clearinghouse): NIST CSRC (Building Internet Firewalls)
NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology): Digital Signature Algorithm (DSA) (SSH, The Secure Shell)
- Computer Security Division website: Use the network to distribute information (TCP/IP Network Administration)
NISTNet emulation package: NISTNet (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- Sources for Tools (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
NLANR (National Laboratory for Applied Network Research): Generic Sources (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
NLAs (Next-Level Aggregators): The ABCs of IPv6 Addressing (DNS and Bind)
NLM
- client crashes: Client crash (Managing NFS and NIS)
- file locking recovery: NLM recovery (Managing NFS and NIS)
- lock state: Examining lock state on NFS/NLM servers (Managing NFS and NIS)
- partitioning: Network partition (Managing NFS and NIS)
- server crash: Server crash (Managing NFS and NIS)
NLM protocol: NFS and file locking (Managing NFS and NIS)
- The NLM protocol (Managing NFS and NIS)
nmap scanning tool
- device discovery: nmap (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- as point-monitoring tool: Discovery and Mapping Tools (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- as security tool: Security Tools (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- source website: Sources for Tools (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- stack fingerprinting: nmap Revisited (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
nmbd command (Samba): NetBIOS Name Service (TCP/IP Network Administration)
NMS applications: Network-Management Software (Essential SNMP)
- Network-Management Software (Essential SNMP)
- element managers: Element Managers (Vendor-Specific Management) (Essential SNMP)
- OpenView Network Node Manager: HP's OpenView Network Node Manager (Essential SNMP)
- SNMP agents: SNMP Agents (Essential SNMP)
- SNMPc Enterprise version: Castle Rock's SNMPc Enterprise version (Essential SNMP)
- suites: NMS Suites (Essential SNMP)
- supporting software: Supporting Software (Essential SNMP)
- trend-analysis software: Trend Analysis (Essential SNMP)
- vendor-specific: Element Managers (Vendor-Specific Management) (Essential SNMP)
NMSs (Network Monitoring Stations)
- applications (see NMS applications)
- architecture: NMS Architectures (Essential SNMP)
- - NMS Architectures (Essential SNMP)
  - Look Ahead (Essential SNMP)
- extensible agents and: Extensibility for Unix and Windows (Essential SNMP)
- external polling: Polling and Thresholds (Essential SNMP)
- - External Polling (Essential SNMP)
- graphical vs. command-line applications: The get Operation (Essential SNMP)
- hardware considerations: Hardware Considerations (Essential SNMP)
- internal polling: Internal Polling (Essential SNMP)
- manager-to-manager communication: SNMP inform (Essential SNMP)
- open source packages: MRTG (Essential SNMP)
- OpenView Network Node Manager: HP's OpenView Network Node Manager (Essential SNMP)
- ports: SNMP and UDP (Essential SNMP)
- preventing changes by two stations: Extensions to the SMI in Version 2 (Essential SNMP)
- private links and: NMS Architectures (Essential SNMP)
- receiving and handling traps: Understanding Traps (Essential SNMP)
- - Understanding Traps (Essential SNMP)
  - Receiving Traps (Essential SNMP)
  - Receiving Traps (Essential SNMP)
  - (see also receiving traps)
  - Net-SNMP: Receiving Traps Using Net-SNMP (Essential SNMP)
  - OpenView: HP OpenView (Essential SNMP)
  - Perl scripts: Monitoring Traps with Perl (Essential SNMP)
  - trap-directed polling: NMS Architectures (Essential SNMP)
  - trap-generation sequence and: SNMP Traps (Essential SNMP)
  - Trap Receiver: Using the Network Computing Technologies Trap Receiver (Essential SNMP)
- RMON: Brief Introduction to Remote Monitoring (RMON) (Essential SNMP)
- - Remote Monitoring (RMON) (Essential SNMP)
- role in protocol stack: SNMP and UDP (Essential SNMP)
- shutting down routers: Advanced configuration (Essential SNMP)
- SNMP operations: SNMP Operations (Essential SNMP)
- SNMPc Enterprise version: Castle Rock's SNMPc Enterprise version (Essential SNMP)
- SNMPv3 command generator and: SNMPv3 Applications (Essential SNMP)
- staffing and: Human Considerations (Essential SNMP)
- - NMS Architectures (Essential SNMP)
- web-based: Look Ahead (Essential SNMP)
NNM (see OpenView Network Node Manager)
NNTP (Network News Transfer Protocol): Usenet News (Building Internet Firewalls)
- Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) (Building Internet Firewalls)
- configuring: NNTP (Building Internet Firewalls)
- - in screened subnet architecture: NNTP (Building Internet Firewalls)
- proxying: Proxying Without a Proxy Server (Building Internet Firewalls)
No answer error (ping command): Testing Basic Connectivity (TCP/IP Network Administration)
no-check-names option: The options Directive (DNS and Bind)
no-check-names option (resolv.conf file): The Resolver Configuration File (TCP/IP Network Administration)
no-fetch-glue option: Nonrecursive Name Server (DNS and Bind)
- "Delegated" name server configuration (DNS and Bind)
- options no-fetch-glue (DNS and Bind)
"no format" traps (OpenView): Creating Events Within OpenView (Essential SNMP)
No NS Record for SOA MNAME message: Name Server Reports "No NS Record for SOA MNAME" (DNS and Bind)
no PTR data for: Added Name to Zone Data File but Forgot to Add PTR Record (DNS and Bind)
no-recursion option: Nonrecursive Name Server (DNS and Bind)
- "Delegated" name server configuration (DNS and Bind)
- options no-recursion (DNS and Bind)
no response from server message: No Response from Server (DNS and Bind)
no root name servers for class message: Common Syslog Messages (DNS and Bind)
No space left on device error message: Asynchronous NFS error messages (Managing NFS and NIS)
no-X11-forwarding: Per-account configuration (SSH, The Secure Shell)
noac option (vfstab file): The vfstab and fstab files (TCP/IP Network Administration)
no_access parameter (xinetd): Controlling Access with xinetd (TCP/IP Network Administration)
noaccomp option (pppd): The PPP Daemon (TCP/IP Network Administration)
noaggregatorid parameter (gated): The bgp Statement (TCP/IP Network Administration)
noauth option (pppd): The PPP Daemon (TCP/IP Network Administration)
nobsdcomp option (pppd): The PPP Daemon (TCP/IP Network Administration)
NoCache option (proxy server caching): Proxy Servers and Caching (TCP/IP Network Administration)
noccp option (pppd): The PPP Daemon (TCP/IP Network Administration)
nocol monitoring tool: Scripts (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- Sources for Tools (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
NOCOL program: Consider Using Software to Automate Monitoring (Building Internet Firewalls)
nocrtscts option (pppd): The PPP Daemon (TCP/IP Network Administration)
NOCs (Network Operations Centers): Human Considerations (Essential SNMP)
nocto option (fstab file): The vfstab and fstab files (TCP/IP Network Administration)
nod2 option (nslookup): Option Settings (DNS and Bind)
nodebug option (nslookup): Option Settings (DNS and Bind)
nodefaultroute option (pppd): The PPP Daemon (TCP/IP Network Administration)
nodeflate option (pppd): The PPP Daemon (TCP/IP Network Administration)
nodefname option (nslookup): Option Settings (DNS and Bind)
NoDelay: TCP/IP support (SSH, The Secure Shell)
- TCP/IP support (SSH, The Secure Shell)
- Controlling TCP_NODELAY (SSH, The Secure Shell)
- Controlling TCP_NODELAY (SSH, The Secure Shell)
nodes: The Domain Name Space (DNS and Bind)
- adding to NNM maps: The netmon Process (Essential SNMP)
- data-collection storage requirements: Hardware Considerations (Essential SNMP)
- dataless: Dataless clients (Managing NFS and NIS)
- discovering with netmon: The netmon Process (Essential SNMP)
- in filters: Using OpenView Filters (Essential SNMP)
- - Filters (Essential SNMP)
- graphing data (see graphs)
- in hierarchies: Naming OIDs (Essential SNMP)
- limiting traps from: Selecting event sources (Essential SNMP)
- OpenView polling: OpenView Graphing (Essential SNMP)
- - Designing collections (Essential SNMP)
  - configuring intervals: Configuring Polling Intervals (Essential SNMP)
  - netmon: The netmon Process (Essential SNMP)
  - - Using OpenView Filters (Essential SNMP)
- removing from NNM maps: FilterExpressions (Essential SNMP)
- SNMPc polling: Discovery and Filters (Essential SNMP)
- triggering traps when down: Using NNM's Event Configurations (Essential SNMP)
- unreachable nodes: The netmon Process (Essential SNMP)
- - The netmon Process (Essential SNMP)
  - Configuring Polling Intervals (Essential SNMP)
  - Error Responses (Essential SNMP)
nodetach option (pppd): chat (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- The PPP Daemon (TCP/IP Network Administration)
nodtrcts option (pppd): The PPP Daemon (TCP/IP Network Administration)
noendpoint option (pppd): The PPP Daemon (TCP/IP Network Administration)
noexpired flag: ndc and controls (BIND 8) (DNS and Bind)
nogendefault parameter
- gated bgp statement: The bgp Statement (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- gated egp statement: The egp Statement (TCP/IP Network Administration)
noignoretc option (nslookup): Option Settings (DNS and Bind)
noinstall parameter (gated): static Statements (TCP/IP Network Administration)
nointr option (vfstab file): The vfstab and fstab files (TCP/IP Network Administration)
noip option (pppd): The PPP Daemon (TCP/IP Network Administration)
noipdefault option (pppd): The PPP Daemon (TCP/IP Network Administration)
noipv6 option (pppd): The PPP Daemon (TCP/IP Network Administration)
noktune option (pppd): The PPP Daemon (TCP/IP Network Administration)
nolock option (fstab file): The vfstab and fstab files (TCP/IP Network Administration)
nolog option (pppd): The PPP Daemon (TCP/IP Network Administration)
nologin files: Forbidding logins (SSH, The Secure Shell)
- /etc/nologin (SSH, The Secure Shell)
nologin.allow file: Forbidding logins (SSH, The Secure Shell)
nomagic option (pppd): The PPP Daemon (TCP/IP Network Administration)
nomp option (pppd): The PPP Daemon (TCP/IP Network Administration)
nompshortseq option (pppd): The PPP Daemon (TCP/IP Network Administration)
nomultilink option (pppd): The PPP Daemon (TCP/IP Network Administration)
non-authoritative servers: BIND, Resolvers, and named (TCP/IP Network Administration)
non-connected networks: Connected and Non-Connected Networks (TCP/IP Network Administration)
non-encoded binary data: Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (TCP/IP Network Administration)
non-octet boundaries, subnetting on: Subnetting on a Non-Octet Boundary (DNS and Bind)
non-standards track protocols, types of: Protocol Standards (TCP/IP Network Administration)
non-trap-directed polling: NMS Architectures (Essential SNMP)
nonauthoritative nslookup answers: Authoritative Versus Nonauthoritative Answers (DNS and Bind)
noncommercial tools: Licenses (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
none cipher option: Encryption Algorithms (SSH, The Secure Shell)
none (named address match list): Address Match Lists and ACLs (DNS and Bind)
None (Options directive setting): Controlling Server Options (TCP/IP Network Administration)
none value (share command): The share command (TCP/IP Network Administration)
nonexistent domain message: No PTR Record for Name Server's Address (DNS and Bind)
nonplenum cabling: Installing New Cabling (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
nonprivileged local ports, forcing: Forcing a nonprivileged local port (SSH, The Secure Shell)
nonrecursive name servers: Nonrecursive Name Server (DNS and Bind)
nonrecursive queries: Recursion (DNS and Bind)
- Forwarding (DNS and Bind)
- SOA records and: Typical Problem (DNS and Bind)
nonrecursive resolution (see iterative resolution)
nonrepeater fields (SNMPv2): The get-bulk Operation (Essential SNMP)
nonrouting dual-homed hosts: Nonrouting Dual-Homed Hosts (Building Internet Firewalls)
- Turning Off Routing (Building Internet Firewalls)
nonzero values in netstat: Traffic Measurements with netstat (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
nopcomp option (pppd): The PPP Daemon (TCP/IP Network Administration)
nopersist option (pppd): The PPP Daemon (TCP/IP Network Administration)
nopredictor1 option (pppd): The PPP Daemon (TCP/IP Network Administration)
noproxyarp option (pppd): The PPP Daemon (TCP/IP Network Administration)
noquota option (vfstab file): The vfstab and fstab files (TCP/IP Network Administration)
norecurse option (nslookup): Option Settings (DNS and Bind)
noresolv (gated): Options Statements (TCP/IP Network Administration)
normal failures: General Approaches to Troubleshooting (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
normal (gated): Trace Statements (TCP/IP Network Administration)
nosearch option (nslookup): Option Settings (DNS and Bind)
- Avoiding the Search List (DNS and Bind)
nosend (gated): Options Statements (TCP/IP Network Administration)
nostamp (gated): Trace Statements (TCP/IP Network Administration)
nosub option (share command): The share command (TCP/IP Network Administration)
nosuid option
- share command: The share command (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- vfstab file: The vfstab and fstab files (TCP/IP Network Administration)
not-accessible SNMP objects: snmptranslate (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
not authoritative parameter (dhcpd): Configuration Parameters (TCP/IP Network Administration)
not recommended protocols: Protocol Standards (TCP/IP Network Administration)
notes, keeping: Generic Troubleshooting (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
NOTFOUND condition: Sun's Solaris 2.x (DNS and Bind)
notice severity: Logging in BIND 8 and 9 (DNS and Bind)
NOTIFICATION-TYPE objects (SNMPv2): Extensions to the SMI in Version 2 (Essential SNMP)
- SNMP Notification (Essential SNMP)
- SNMPv2 Traps (Essential SNMP)
- Forcing Your Hardware to Generate Traps (Essential SNMP)
notifications
- compared to traps: SNMPv2 Traps (Essential SNMP)
- - snmptrap (Essential SNMP)
- OpenView pop-ups: Log messages, notifications, and automatic actions (Essential SNMP)
- - variables in: Log messages, notifications, and automatic actions (Essential SNMP)
- operations: SNMP Notification (Essential SNMP)
- SNMP compatibility and: What Does SNMP-Compatible Really Mean? (Essential SNMP)
- SNMPv3: SNMPv3 Applications (Essential SNMP)
- - SNMPv3 Applications (Essential SNMP)
  - notification originator: SNMPv3 Applications (Essential SNMP)
  - notification receiver: SNMPv3 Applications (Essential SNMP)
notify category: BIND 8 categories (DNS and Bind)
NOTIFY feature (BIND 8/9)
- propagation time and: Primary Master and Slave Servers (DNS and Bind)
NOTIFY messages
- address sent from: Configuring the IPv4 Transport (DNS and Bind)
- announcements/responses and: DNS NOTIFY (Zone Change Notification) (DNS and Bind)
- sending to alternate ports: Configuring the IPv4 Transport (DNS and Bind)
notify option (named): The options Statement (TCP/IP Network Administration)
notify-source (named): The BIND 9 options statement (TCP/IP Network Administration)
notify-source substatement: Configuring the IPv4 Transport (DNS and Bind)
notify-source-v6 substatement: Configuring the IPv6 Transport (DNS and Bind)
notifying people of incidents: Make "Incident in Progress" Notifications (Building Internet Firewalls)
- Planning for Notification of People Who Need to Know (Building Internet Firewalls)
notrace command: ndc and controls (BIND 8) (DNS and Bind)
NOTRAILERS flag (ifconfig command): Checking the Interface with ifconfig (TCP/IP Network Administration)
notty option (pppd): The PPP Daemon (TCP/IP Network Administration)
nov4asloop parameter (gated): The bgp Statement (TCP/IP Network Administration)
novc option (nslookup): Option Settings (DNS and Bind)
Novell protocols: Microsoft Windows (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
novj option (pppd): The PPP Daemon (TCP/IP Network Administration)
novjccomp option (pppd): The PPP Daemon (TCP/IP Network Administration)
NRG (LBNL Network Research Group): Generic Sources (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
NS (name server) records: Name Server record (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- forward-mapping zone files: The Forward-Mapping Zone File (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- named.ca file: The Cache Initialization File (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- named.local file: The named.local File (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- pointers: Creating Domains and Subdomains (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- reverse zone files: The Reverse Zone File (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- NS Records (DNS and Bind)
- Types (DNS and Bind)
- no NS records for SOA MNAME message and: Name Server Reports "No NS Record for SOA MNAME" (DNS and Bind)
- order of in zone data files: The Zone Data Files (DNS and Bind)
- query statistics for: BIND 4.9 and 8 statistics (DNS and Bind)
ns simulator tool: ns and nam (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- Microsoft Windows (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- Sources for Tools (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
NSAP records, query statistics for: BIND 4.9 and 8 statistics (DNS and Bind)
nscd daemon: nscd (DNS and Bind)
nsd daemon: Silicon Graphics' IRIX (DNS and Bind)
nserver field (RIPE database): Obtaining an IN-ADDR.ARPA domain (TCP/IP Network Administration)
NSFNet: TCP/IP and the Internet (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- routing policy database: Internet Routing Architecture (TCP/IP Network Administration)
NSFNET network: Brief History of the Internet (DNS and Bind) 1.1. A (Very)
NSFNET traffic reports: Capacity Planning (DNS and Bind)
ns_get32 routine: The Name Server Library Routines (DNS and Bind)
ns_init_parse routine: The Name Server Library Routines (DNS and Bind)
nslookupUsing nslookup (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- diagnostic troubleshooting: Diagnostic Tools (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- name service, checking with: Checking Name Service (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- cyberkit suite: Cyberkit (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- Microsoft Windows: Microsoft Windows (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- NIS and: NIS and NIS+ (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- source website: Sources for Tools (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- uses: nslookup and dig (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- Versions (DNS and Bind)
- nslookup and dig (DNS and Bind)
- CNAME records, looking up: Looking Up CNAMEs (DNS and Bind)
- vs. dig utility: Using dig (DNS and Bind)
- ending session of: Best of the Net (DNS and Bind)
- finding out what is looked up: Finding Out What Is Being Looked Up (DNS and Bind)
- interactive vs. noninteractive: Interactive Versus Noninteractive (DNS and Bind)
- inverse queries and: Inverse Queries (DNS and Bind)
- IP addresses, looking up with: Finding IP Addresses (DNS and Bind)
- mimicking name servers: Querying Like a BIND Name Server (DNS and Bind)
- option settings for: Option Settings (DNS and Bind)
- shell script developing: Shell Script Developing with nslookup (DNS and Bind)
- SOA record, finding with: The us domain (DNS and Bind)
- subdomains, searching for with: Where in the World Do I Fit? (DNS and Bind)
- switching name servers with: Switching Name Servers (DNS and Bind)
- tasks performed with: Common Tasks (DNS and Bind)
- testing
- - primary master name server with: Testing Your Setup with nslookup (DNS and Bind)
  - slave name server with: Setup (DNS and Bind)
- top-level domains, examining structure of with: Where in the World Do I Fit? (DNS and Bind)
- troubleshooting problems with: Troubleshooting nslookup Problems (DNS and Bind)
- using dig utility instead of: Using dig (DNS and Bind)
.nslookuprc file: The .nslookuprc File (DNS and Bind)
ns_msg_count routine: The Name Server Library Routines (DNS and Bind)
ns_msg_get_flag routine: The Name Server Library Routines (DNS and Bind)
ns_msg_id routine: The Name Server Library Routines (DNS and Bind)
ns_name_compress routine: The Name Server Library Routines (DNS and Bind)
ns_name_skip routine: The Name Server Library Routines (DNS and Bind)
ns_name_uncompress routine: The Name Server Library Routines (DNS and Bind)
NSORDER environment variable: AIX 4.3 (DNS and Bind)
ns_parserr routine: The Name Server Library Routines (DNS and Bind)
ns_put32 routine: The Name Server Library Routines (DNS and Bind)
nsswitch.conf file: Sun's Solaris 2.x (DNS and Bind)
- HP's HP-UX (DNS and Bind)
- Is NIS Really Your Problem? (DNS and Bind)
- The nsswitch.conf file (TCP/IP Network Administration)
- Linux and: Linux (DNS and Bind)
nsswitch.conf file, NIS on client host: Enabling NIS on client hosts (Managing NFS and NIS)
NSTATS messages: Common Syslog Messages (DNS and Bind)
ns_update( ) resolver routine: DNS Dynamic Update (DNS and Bind)
nsupdate utility: DNS Dynamic Update (DNS and Bind)
- TSIG-signed dynamic updates and: Using TSIG (DNS and Bind)
NT (see Microsoft Windows 9x/NT/2000 operating systems)
NT Domain: NT Domain (Managing NFS and NIS)
NT LM Security Support Provider: Which Services Should You Leave Enabled? (Building Internet Firewalls)
NTBugTraq mailing list: NTBugTraq (Building Internet Firewalls)
NTLM domains: NTLM Domains (Building Internet Firewalls)
ntop monitoring tool
- device troubleshooting: Bottleneck analysis (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- interactive mode: Interactive mode (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- Microsoft Windows: ntop, mrtg, and cricket on Windows (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- plugins: Web mode (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- source website: Sources for Tools (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- uses: ntop (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- web mode: Web mode (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
NTP (Network Time Protocol): Time Service (Building Internet Firewalls)
- Network Time Protocol (NTP) (Building Internet Firewalls)
- Cyberkit (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- NTP (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- Microsoft Windows (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- proxying: Proxying Without a Proxy Server (Building Internet Firewalls)
ntpd clock tools: NTP (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- Sources for Tools (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
ntpdate clock tool: NTP (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
ntpq clock tool: NTP (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
ntptrace clock tool: NTP (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
NTTP ports: Device Identification (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
nttrapgen utility (Network Computing Utilities): Sending Traps with Network Computing Technologies Trap Generator (Essential SNMP)
null channel: Null channel (DNS and Bind)
null keys: Null keys (DNS and Bind)
null label: Domain Names (DNS and Bind)
null map, automounter: The null map (Managing NFS and NIS)
null procedure, RPC: NFS statistics (Managing NFS and NIS)
NULL records: Types (DNS and Bind)
null (sendmail K command value): The sendmail K Command (TCP/IP Network Administration)
Number value (dhcpd option statement): DHCP Options (TCP/IP Network Administration)
NumberOfPasswordPrompts: Password prompting in SSH1 (SSH, The Secure Shell)
numbers, converting to strings: Tables (Essential SNMP)
numeric debugging levels: Server Debugging (SSH, The Secure Shell)
numeric OIDs: The Structure of Management Information (Essential SNMP)
- Naming OIDs (Essential SNMP)
- snmptranslate (Essential SNMP)
- snmptranslate (Essential SNMP)
- (see also OIDs)
- translating to text: Using Net-SNMP (Essential SNMP)
- - OpenView Graphing (Essential SNMP)
  - snmptranslate (Essential SNMP)
numeric output
- netstat results: netstat (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- ping results: Options (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
- SNMP results: snmptranslate (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
numeric values (printcap file): The printcap file (TCP/IP Network Administration)
NVT ASCII: Application-Protocols Tools (Network Troubleshooting Tools)
nxdomain statistic: BIND 9 statistics (DNS and Bind)
nxrrset statistic: BIND 9 statistics (DNS and Bind)
NXT record: The NXT Record (DNS and Bind)

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