Out-of-Band Management

Out-of-Band Management definition - hacker
Refers to a method of accessing network firewalls, routers, switches, or servers allowing security technicians to configure and manage these devices through dial-up lines instead of using the devicesÂ’ regular network connection.

See Also: Firewall; Network; Routers; Server; Switch.

Communication Devices, Inc. Products: Out of Band Management. [Online, May 18, 2005.] Communication Devices, Inc. Website. http://www.commdevices.com/ oob_story.htm.

Webster's New World Hacker Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Bernadette Schell and Clemens Martin.
Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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