Glossary

LAN

Local Area Network

NAT

Network Address Translation: Typically an internet router multiplexes all the traffic through a public IP to several private IPs. Usually, the machines under the router network cannot be accessed from the outside unless a Port is forwarded in the router configuration, or if such host has previously started a TCP communication with the message source.

TCP

Transmission Control Protocol

UDP

User Datagram Protocol

WAN

Wide Area Network