# Commission Decision of 17 June 2008 laying down the physical architecture and requirements of the national interfaces and of the communication infrastructure between the central VIS and the national interfaces for the development phase (notified under document number C(2008) 2693) (Only the Bulgarian, Czech, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish texts are authentic) (2008/602/EC), Division 1.1: Acronyms and abbreviations

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

OJ L 181, 18.5.2004, p. 25.
Acronyms and abbreviations
Explanation
BCU
Backup central unit
BLNI
Backup local national interface
CNI
Central national interface
CS
Central system
CS-VIS
Central visa information system
CU
Central unit
DNS
Domain name server
FTP
File transfer protocol
HTTP
Hypertext transfer protocol
IP
Internet protocol
LAN
Local area network
LNI
Local national interface
NI-VIS
National interface
NTP
Network time protocol
SAN
Storage area network
SDH
Synchronous digital hierarchy
SMTP
Simple mail transfer protocol
SNMP
Simple network management protocol
sTESTA
Secure Trans-European Services for Telematics between Administrations, is a measure of the IDABC programme (interoperable delivery of pan-European eGovernment services to public administrations, business and citizens. Decision of the European Parliament and Council 2004/387/EC).
TCP
Transmission control protocol
VIS
Visa information system
VPN
Virtual private network
WAN
Wide area network

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2008/602/annex/division/1/division/1.1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2008-602/annex/division-1/division-1.1
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