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Outpost Personal Firewall for Universities and Organizations

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Overview Today, practically every educational institution is connected to the Internet, which speeds transactions, interchanges, communications and data archiving. The Internet also makes the files vulnerable to someone hiding half-way across the planet. By necessity a local network is usually continuously connected to the Internet, making each of its computers open to attack. Since a single product has not yet been invented that provides a total security solution, several levels of defense are needed to safeguard the systems. This paper review security routines used for local area networks, analyze potential risks and threats, as well as discuss some solutions for keeping corporate networks secure.

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Publisher	Agnitum	File Format	PDF
Date Published	November 2002
Format	White Papers
Topics	Firewalls, Network Security, Security Applications

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