The practice of administering a computer from another computer
connected across the network.
remote
procedure call (RPC)
A message-passing facility that allows a distributed
application to call services available on various computers in a
network. Used during remote administration of computers.
remote socket
An external socket on the firewall that listens to or connects
to the Internet. The remote socket represents the client's internal
socket.
retrieve rate
The speed with which objects or URLs are taken from the
cache.
reverse hosting
The process by which any server sitting behind ISA can publish
to the Internet. See also secure Web
publishing and publishing.
root directory
The top-level directory of a disk's directory structure.
router
An intermediary device on a communications network that
expedites message delivery.
routing
The process of forwarding packets to other routers. Routing is
used with arrays to direct client requests for Internet objects.
Routing is done in conjunction with arrays, chained ISA computers,
or directly to the Internet.
Routing
and Remote Access Service (RRAS)
A Microsoft-developed service that allows remote client
computers running Microsoft dial-up networking, all Microsoft RAS
clients, or any third-party PPP client to dial in to a network
server (RAS server). RAS servers can also be configured to allow
local client computers to dial out to servers outside an internal
network.
Routing
Information Protocol (RIP)
A protocol that enables a router to exchange routing
information with a neighboring router.