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\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}