\newglossaryentry{api} { name={API}, description={An Application Programming Interface (API) is a particular set of rules and specifications that a software program can follow to access and make use of the services and resources provided by another particular software program that implements that API.} } \newglossaryentry{ransomware} { name={Ransomware}, description={Ransomware is a type of malicious software from cryptovirology that threatens to publish the victim's data or perpetually block access to it unless a ransom is paid TODO cite} } \newglossaryentry{rir} { name={Regional Internet Registry}, description={TODO} } \newglossaryentry{lir} { name={Local Internet Registry}, description={TODO} } \newglossaryentry{ddos} { name={Distributed Denial-of-Service}, description={Distributed Denial-of-Service is an attack where multiple machines are used to generate as much workload as needed to cause downtimes of a service or machine and make benign usage impossible.} } \newacronym{sri-nic}{SRI-NIC}{Stanford Research Institute - Network Information Center} \newacronym{dns}{DNS}{Domain Name System} \newacronym{ipv6}{IPv6}{Internet Protocol Version 6} \newacronym{arpanet}{ARPANET}{Advanced Research Projects Agency Network} \newacronym{tcp/ip}{TCP/IP}{Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol} \newacronym{udp}{UDP}{User Datagram Protocol} \newacronym{tcp}{TCP}{Transmission Control Protocol} \newacronym{os}{OS}{Operating System} \newacronym{ftp}{FTP}{File Transfer Protocol} \newacronym{fqdn}{FQDN}{Fully Qualified Domain Name} \newacronym{dnssec}{DNSSEC}{Domain Name System Security Extensions} \newacronym{edns}{EDNS}{Extension mechanisms for DNS}