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Network Security, Firewalls, and VPNs, 3rd Edition
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Network Security, Firewalls, and VPNs, 3rd Edition

by J. Michael Stewart, Denise Kinsey
October 2020
Intermediate to advanced
481 pages
17h 35m
English
Jones & Bartlett Learning
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Communication Encryption

Communication encryption is the use of encryption protocols to secure the contents of communications. Use encryption any time a transaction occurs with an outside entity or when a communication crosses a segment that is at risk of eavesdropping. You should also use encryption internally whenever the potential for loss or compromise, even by internal personnel, would cause significant harm to the organization.

You can protect transactions by encryption in two main ways. One is to use encapsulating intermediary protocols that provide encryption, such as IPSec and SSL/TLS; another is to encrypt data before it goes to a network protocol.

Protocol encryption ensures that all or most data sent over the network is safe from ...

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