CIS 1332 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Ieee 802.1X, Denial-Of-Service Attack, Password Strength
24 Oct 2017
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Date: october 24, 2017: typical security plan for wireless networks. Different wireless and wired security standards: typical security plan for wired networks, wireless security. For a long time, people were just focused on the connection aspect of network, not the security aspect. However, through advancement, people realized that security is also an important factor in network: wireless security standards: Wireless equivalent privacy (wep): very old standard. Wpa 2 (wireless protected access 2: wired security standards: This will recognize whether or not the user is legitimate. Similar to port access control but this will make sure that you are connected to the right router/ access point. Mixed network (wired plus wireless: cyber security. Major corporations are facing tremendous challenges these days. A year ago, hackers cripple different us internet sites (twitter, paypal, cnn and the new. York times) for several hours by using distributed denial of service attack (ddos).
