Chapter 15
Physical and Hardware Security
The Following CompTIA Network+ Exam Objectives Are Covered in This Chapter:
- 5.5 Given a scenario, install and configure a basic firewall.
- Types:
- Software and hardware firewalls
- Port security
- Stateful inspection vs. packet filtering
- Firewall rules:
- Block/allow
- Implicit deny
- ACL
- NAT/PAT
- DMZ
- 5.6 Categorize different types of network security appliances and methods.
- IDS and IPS:
- Behavior based
- Signature based
- Network based
- Host based
- Vulnerability scanners:
- NESSUS
- NMAP
- Methods:
- Honeypots
- Honeynets
Finding a corporate network that isn’t connected to the Internet would be pretty tough these days. Being connected allows for a huge increase in productivity, and not having an online presence is akin to sheer ...
