CHAPTER 6
NETWORK TOPOLOGIES, PROTOCOLS, AND DESIGN
Gary C. Kessler and N. Todd Pritsky
6.1.3 LAN Technology Parameters
6.2.5 Physical versus Logical Topology
6.5 LAN PROTOCOLS AND STANDARDS
6.5.1 OSI Model versus LAN Model Architectures
6.5.3 IEEE 802.3 CSMA/CD Standard
6.5.5 IEEE 802.5 Token-Ring Standard
This chapter provides a broad overview of local area network (LAN) concepts, basic terms, standards, and technologies. These topics are important to give the information security professional a better understanding of the terms that might be used to describe a particular network implementation and its products. The chapter also is written with an eye to what information security professionals need to know; for a more complete overview of the topic, the reader is referred to general LAN texts, such as those listed in Section 6.10.
6.1 OVERVIEW.
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