Glossary | Loclix

Term	Meaning
Origin server	Your server that hosts the website or application.
Edge	A Loclix server that receives or forwards website requests.
Ingress	The edge receiving the visitor's connection.
Egress	The edge connecting to the origin or tunnel connector.
Connector	Software on your server that connects local HTTP services to Loclix.
Virtual origin	A `tunnel://` address identifying a connector and named service.
Interconnect	A Private Connect connection between an office router and a gateway.
WAF	Web application firewall.
TLS	Transport Layer Security, the protocol used to encrypt HTTPS connections.
Identity provider	The service a visitor uses to sign in.
OIDC	OpenID Connect, an identity protocol built on OAuth 2.0.
JWT	JSON Web Token. Loclix signs access assertion tokens so your application can verify them.
JWKS	JSON Web Key Set, the public keys used to verify token signatures.
Audience	The application identifier a token is issued for.
Request ID	An identifier used to find a request in activity records.