WHAT IS FIBER OPTICS ?

Transmitting

communications signals over hair thin strands of glass or plastic Not a "new" technology Concept a century old Used commercially for last 25 years

Fiber

FIBER OPTIC COMMUNICATIONS

Applications

include

Telephones Internet LANs - local area networks CATV - for video, voice and Internet connections Utilities - management of power grid Security - closed-circuit TV and intrusion sensors Military - everywhere!

Fiber

FIREWALL
A system designed to prevent unauthorized access to or from a private network. Firewalls can be implemented in both hardware and software, or a combination of both. Firewalls are frequently used to prevent unauthorized Internet users from accessing private networks connected to the Internet, especially intranets. All messages entering or leaving the intranet pass through the firewall, which examines each message and blocks those that do not meet the specified security criteria.

PRIVACY & SECURITY

Cryptography

The process of converting a message into a secret code and changing the encoded message back to regular text
The original conversion of a message into a secret code

Encryption

Digital

Signature

An encryption technique used for online financial transactions

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Encryption software running on sending computer

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Decryption software running on Receiving computer

Have a nice day

VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK (VPN)

Virtual Private Network (VPN)

A secure connection between two points across the Internet

The process by which VPNs transfer information by encapsulating traffic in IP packets and sending the packets over the Internet

Tunneling

Schematic

INTERNET INTRODUCTION

Key Definitions:

Internet: The internet is a global network of interconnected networks, connecting private, public and university networks in one cohesive unit. Intranet: An intranet is a private enterprise network that uses internet and web technologies for information gathering and distribution within an organization. Extranet: An extranet is a community of interest created by extending an intranet to selected entities external to an organization.

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INTRANETS AND EXTRANETS

Intranet

An internal corporate network built using Internet and World Wide Web standards and products that allows employees of an organization to gain access to corporate information
A network based on Web technologies that links selected resources of the intranet of a company with its customers, suppliers, or other business partners

Extranet

SOME WELL KNOWN SECURITY

THREATS
Viruses These are malicious codes that believe in infecting some data and spread. They generally come from infected removable storage media (floppies, CDs) or recently they are also coming with mails on the internet. The viral code is generally executed by the user unknowingly. They reside as a part of some important program, file or metadata (Partition Table, Boot Sector etc.) and are activated whenever the innocent infected data is read or executed. When active it tries to search for other such files or data where it can copy itself. Trojans These are sent to a person by an intruder on purpose. The program is sent with some innocent looking program or file and the user runs it unknowingly. The program when active acts as a server. The intruder can connect to it from the remote machine and command it to do malicious jobs in the recipient's computer. Worms These consist of two parts one is called the loader and the other is the worm itself. The loader is rather innocent program which is sent to somebody on the network. This loader later on loads the worm onto this computer. Whenever the worm finds that the network is on it sends the loader to the connected machines and thus it spreads.