...ones I have come across and worked with Many of the routers that are available at Best Buy are Linksys, D-Link and Netgear that are available for home/office use by regular users from just accessing Internet to playing games and running small home based business. Many of the Linksys SOHO, or small office/home office, routers offer an inexpensive way to add a powerful router/firewall to a small home or office network. Router- A device that forwards data packets along networks. Firewall- Software-based or hardware-based and is used to help keep a network secure SOHO- Small office/Home office. Almost all of the Linksys WRT54G are dual antenna 4 port wireless residential/small business router. From my configuration experience with routers, they all have a 16-32 MB or RAM and 2-8 MB FLASH memory that can be used for editing the firmware or upgrading the ROM to enable more updated features. All Linksys, netgear and D-link routers inter-operate with both 802.11b and 802.11g network protocols, and they are capable of 128 bit WEP, WPA, WPA2 encryption, MAC address filtering, IP address filtering and Internet services control. It allows web browser based configuration, and supports data throughput of up to54Mbps. Almost all time depending on Internet service provider. Security is very important when configuring home based routers. You don’t want to leave your home network venerable to unauthorized users. At all cost you have to protect your resources, assets and your network...
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...------------------------------------------------- Department of Electrical, Computer & Communications Engineering ------------------------------------------------- MSc Project Final Project Report ------------------------------------------------- Title: Secured infrastructure development for educational university using servers, firewalls and biometric devices ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Author: Azhar ur Rehman ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Academic Session: 2008-2009 ------------------------------------------------- Supervisor: Mr.Manoj Pongubhati Course Title: Msc computer systems and networking Mode of Study: Full Time ACKNOWLEDGEMENT First and foremost I would like to dedicate my thesis to my parents and want to thank Prof. Mr. Manoj pongubhati, my research dissertation supervisor, for giving me an opportunity to work on the dissertation of my interest and encouraging me throughout my work. His support and patience helped me overcome many difficult times during my dissertation research. I am also deeply grateful to Mr Ali Ahmed, a good friend and guardian who is working as an Assistant Manager with Dynamic Associates Info Pvt Ltd was actively involved with my research. The day I started working under the professional guidance of Dynamic...
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...This page was intentionally left blank This page was intentionally left blank Hands-On Ethical Hacking and Network Defense Second Edition Michael T. Simpson, Kent Backman, and James E. Corley ———————————————————————— Australia • Brazil • Japan • Korea • Mexico • Singapore • Spain • United Kingdom • United States Copyright 2010 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be copied, scanned, or duplicated, in whole or in part. Due to electronic rights, some third party content may be suppressed from the eBook and/or eChapter(s). Editorial review has deemed that any suppressed content does not materially affect the overall learning experience. Cengage Learning reserves the right to remove additional content at any time if subsequent rights restrictions require it. This is an electronic version of the print textbook. Due to electronic rights restrictions, some third party content may be suppressed. Editorial review has deemed that any suppressed content does not materially affect the overall learning experience. The publisher reserves the right to remove content from this title at any time if subsequent rights restrictions require it. For valuable information on pricing, previous editions, changes to current editions, and alternate formats, please visit www.cengage.com/highered to search by ISBN#, author, title, or keyword for materials in your areas of interest. Copyright 2010 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be copied, scanned, or duplicated...
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