CS 286 - Firewalls and VPNs

Institution:

Lane Community College

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Description:

4 credits Prerequisite: CS 240U, CS 279W, CS 284, and CS 289 or instructor consent. This course gives the students a real world understanding of how firewalls and VPNs can be used to enhance the protection of internal networks. It gives hands-on experience installing, configuring and managing firewalls and VPNs. Commercial firewalls, VPNs, security configuration guidance tools, and tools to monitor the effectiveness of the solutions will be used. You will implement multiple commercial firewalls and examine best practices for protecting DNS services, HTTP, and SMTP. You will explore proven strategies for defending your networks against unauthorized access, denial-of-service, the weaknesses of firewall architectures, security processes, address translation, content filtering, spoofing, and other advanced issues. This course has a hands-on focus.

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4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.Lanecc.edu

Phone Number:

(541) 463-3000

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Quarter

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