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Local Area Network (Lan)

This course provides beginners and intermediate students with the theoretical and practical skills needed to secure computer networks professionally. It covers topics such as network design, operation, monitoring, penetration testing, and incident handling. The course material is based on SANS security certification content. By the end of the course, students will be able to secure networks from design through operation.

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Local Area Network (Lan)

This course provides beginners and intermediate students with the theoretical and practical skills needed to secure computer networks professionally. It covers topics such as network design, operation, monitoring, penetration testing, and incident handling. The course material is based on SANS security certification content. By the end of the course, students will be able to secure networks from design through operation.

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Course objective

This course qualifies the beginners and the intermediate student to be professional in computer
networks security.

The course material is baseds on SANS security courses content and certifications

The course covers the theoretical background about computer networks as well as the practical tools
used in network security.

You will be able to secure the computer networks from the design to operation by the end of this
course.

You will be aware of the concepts and tools used for monitoring the security of your network, perform
penetration testing, and incident handling.

SECTION ONE:

INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER NETWORKS

Lecture 1: What is a Computer Network

LOCAL AREA NETWORK (LAN)

Group of computers connected in small geographical area

Area less than 3KM (One building)

Used to share files and services

High Speed of communications

Under user administrative control

Technology used

Ethernet

Token Ring
WIDE ARE NETWORK(WAN)

Group of computers connected in large geographical area

Low speed

Under ISP administrative control

Technology used

Dial-up

ISDN

DSL

X.25

Frame Relay

ATM

SWITCH

Forward and filter frames

Work with full duplex communication

Mixture of speeds

One broadcast domain

Each port is a separate collision domain

No collisions

No sniffing

ACCESS POINT (AP)

Connects machines wirelessly in LAN

Transmits frames in the air media

Links wireless part to wired infrastructure

One broadcast domain

One collision domain


Carrier Sense Multiple Access/collision Avoidance (CSMA/CA)

ROUTER

Redirects packets between networks

Works based on a routing table

Devides network into broadcast domains

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