Walled garden
A restricted network or destination set to which users are redirected until a condition is met, such as authentication, payment, or remediation. DNS redirection can be one component.
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10 definitions beginning with W.
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WAPI
The Infoblox NIOS Web API, a REST-like interface for querying and modifying Grid objects. Versioned WAPI endpoints expose object types, fields, functions, paging, and authentication controls.
Read definitionWater torture
A common shortened name for DNS water torture, the random-subdomain attack that forces repeated cache misses and authoritative queries.
Read definitionWeight
The relative selection value among SRV records with the same priority. Higher weights should receive a proportionally larger share of selections, subject to client implementation.
Read definitionWell-known port
A transport port in the IANA system range 0 through 1023, generally associated with widely recognized services. DNS port 53 and DHCP server port 67 are examples.
Read definitionWildcard
A DNS owner name whose leftmost label is an asterisk and that can synthesize answers for certain nonexistent names below it. Wildcards do not match every descendant blindly and are constrained by existing names and closest-encloser rules.
Read definitionWildcard certificate
A TLS certificate containing a wildcard DNS name such as *.example.com. It normally matches one label at that position and does not replace DNS wildcard behavior.
Read definitionWildcard expansion
The DNS server process that synthesizes an answer from a wildcard RRset when the query name does not exist and wildcard matching rules are satisfied. The synthesized owner name is the original QNAME.
Read definitionWire format
The binary on-network representation of protocol messages, including field sizes, byte order, labels, options, and compression rules. Presentation formats such as zone files are not identical to wire format.
Read definitionWorkflow
A controlled sequence of request, validation, approval, implementation, verification, notification, and closure steps. DDI workflows reduce manual error and preserve ownership and audit evidence.
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