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Cybersecurity Essentials
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Cybersecurity Essentials

by Charles J. Brooks, Christopher Grow, Philip Craig, Donald Short
October 2018
Beginner content levelBeginner
784 pages
17h 34m
English
Sybex
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CHAPTER 12Networking Basics

When only two intelligent devices are connected, simple direct connections can be made using cables, light signals, or radio waves. The interconnected devices only need to speak the same digital language and use an agreed-upon communication control method to manage the flow of information between them. However, when more than two intelligent digital devices are linked together, a network is formed. When a third device is added to the system, additional control methods must be put into place to not only control the conversations between the devices, but to make sure the correct parties on the network receive the information and that information not intended for other parties is kept private. In this chapter, you’ll ...

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