2022/09/30
that OCSP stands for Online Certificate Status Protocol. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_Certificate_Status_Protocol
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2022/10/07
STUN: Session Traversal Utilities for NAT. A standardized set of methods, including a network protocol, for traversal of network address translator (NAT) gateways. see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STUN
DERP: Designated Encrypted Relay for Packets. See https://tailscale.com/blog/how-tailscale-works/#encrypted-tcp-relays-derp
2022/11/07
that AWS ALB target groups support HTTPS healthcheck targets: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticloadbalancing/latest/application/target-group-health-checks.html
That FQDN stands for Fully Qualified Domain Name. For example sub.domain.tld. is a FQDN.
2022/11/11
that SAN = Subject Alternate Name. A SAN certificate is a TLS certificate that certifies multiple domain names.
see https://support.dnsimple.com/articles/what-is-ssl-san/
that AWS Certificate Manager and other free-TLS-certificate services can’t validate private domain names since ACME (Automated Certificate Management Environment) relies on public DNS or WHOIS records.
See also https://docs.aws.amazon.com/acm/latest/userguide/domain-ownership-validation.html.
2023/09/25
Acronym Meaning DSO distribution system operators AGR aggregator TSO transmission system operator MCM market-based coordination mechanism
2024/06/13
That MAC can stand for “Message Authentication Code” in a security context.
2024/08/23
This is embarrassingly late, but TIL that BOEM stands for the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (https://www.boem.gov/)