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Professor Messer’s CompTIA Network+ Study Group – December 2011

In this study group episode; port numbers, IPv6 in the mainstream, network address translation (NAT), and last-minute study tips. Professor Messer’s Network+ Course Notes: Have you watched my CompTIA Network+ videos, but you’d like to have all of the notes available in one place? With these detailed Network+ study guides, you can focus your study

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CompTIA Network+ N10-004: 6.6 – Common Security Threats

The security of the network is a never-ending struggle against the bad guys. In this video, you’ll learn about the most common security threats and what you can do to protect your network resources. We’ll discuss denial of service attacks, viruses, worms, man in the middle attacks, rogue access points, social engineering, and phishing. We’ll also show you how policies and procedures, user training, and patching can help mitigate these security problems in your network.

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CompTIA Network+ N10-004: 6.4 – User Authentication

During a normal day, we are constantly authenticating our user credentials to web sites, file servers, and other network resources. As with most technologies, there’s more than one way to perform these authentications. In this video, you’ll learn what’s happening over the wire and become familiar with PKI, Kerberos, AAA, network access control technologies, CHAP, EAP, and much more.

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CompTIA Network+ N10-004: 6.2 – Firewalls

Firewalls are one of the most fundamental security components in our modern networks, but not all firewalls are created equally. In this module, you’ll learn about common features of modern firewalls, such as network-layer and application-layer firewalls, stateful vs. stateless operation, content filtering, signature identification, and zone-based security.

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