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Network Topology
and Implementation
Jacob Brodsky
INTRODUCTION
This chapter is full of specic tips and pitfalls when designing, implementing, and
using networks for control systems and supervisory control and data acquisition
(SCADA). It is presumed the reader knows most of what a typical ofce network
design project should look like.
When discussing the design of local and wide area networks, emphasis should
be placed on the needs and designs of control system security and integration issues
with other network needs and users. The issue that makes the security side of control
systems unique is the need for rapid, automated reaction to a network ...