Linux Operating System | Jerry Black | Spring 2012 | | | | Course Description: Installation, configuration and management of a Linux operating system will be explored. Focus will be on functions that resemble the UNIX environment. Directory and file management, user account management and certain device management (such as drives, printers, interface cards, etc.) will be discussed. Prerequisite(s) and/or Corequisite(s): Prerequisite: IT103 Operating Systems Credit hours:
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DNS on a Network The role of a Domain Name Server (DNS) is to provide a system that can locate computers, websites and services such as email servers or web servers through human readable names. DNS resolves names by mapping them to IP addresses. It defines a secure database that stores internet host information and distributes this information as a resource record as needed. Other examples of DNS Server Roles are File Services Role, network Policy and Access Services Role, and Terminal Services
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No. 2106 February 8, 2008 Trojan Dragon: China’s Cyber Threat John J. Tkacik, Jr. America’s counterintelligence czar, Dr. Joel F. Brenner, painted an alarming picture of economic espionage in 2006, albeit in the objective tones and neutral parlance of the intelligence community. He reported to Congress that “foreign collection efforts have hurt the United States in several ways”: • Foreign technology collection efforts have “eroded the US military advantage by enabling foreign militaries to
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working for a cyber-terrorist named Mai Linh who was working for her boss and love interest, Thomas Gabriel. En route to Washington, D.C. Farrell reveals that he received a large sum of money from Mai to write an algorithm that can crack a security system. As they arrive in D.C., Gabriel orders his own crew of hackers to take control of the transportation grids and stock market, while nationally broadcasting a message threatening the United States. Farrell recognizes this as the start of a "fire sale"
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hot-swappable capability so that a failed disk can be replaced without taking down the array. There are several configurations of RAID. Most stripe data across multiple disks to achieve improved performance. Mirrored disks, used by fault-tolerant systems and designated as RAID 1, provide an entire copy of the database on a backup disk. The most common form of RAID in use today is RAID 5, which provides one additional disk and which stripes data and parity across disks. Since there is one extra
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Weak USA Cyber Policy vs China’s Security Threat to the USA? Abstract A cyber spy network based mainly in China hacked into classified documents from government and private organizations. One of the biggest questions still remains unanswered. Should the U.S. Congress conduct an in depth assessment of Chinese cyber spying and consider imposing tougher penalties on companies that benefit from industrial espionage. In this paper I will review china’s cyber threat and possible USA solutions
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1.0 Introduction Richman Investments at all times is to establish acceptable and unacceptable use of electronic devices and network resources. All employees of Richman Investments must comply with the rules and regulations for use of the Internet, sending e-mail, entering to social media sites, and downloading attachments from internet. The Richman Investments AUP will help achieve these goals. 2.0 Scope Every supervisor, employee and temporary employee that works for Richman Investments must
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over a long period of time. Advanced persistent threats are computer network attacks in which unauthorized individuals gain access to network systems or its resources and continues to use the resources without detection for a long period of time. By definition, advanced persistent threats are highly sophisticated networked entity, typical of organized groups of attackers, which conduct hostile cyber-attacks against a computer system. As described in the scenario, the western interconnection power grid
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EMCO Remote Desktop GoToMyPC® Current uses: A main use of remote desktop software is remote administration. It can also be used for "headless computers": instead of each computer having its own monitor, keyboard, and mouse, or using a KVM switch, a monitor, keyboard and mouse can be attached to one computer with remote control software, and headless computers controlled by it. The duplicate desktop mode is useful for user support and education. Remote control software combined with telephone communication
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almost each and every single activity of our routines. Subsequently, when the goods of (ICT) outshine the cons we tend to be blinded by the replenishment it brings to our country. As for example, we can see how (ICT) improves our administration system, educational system and not forgetting our economy. Virtually the benefits outstandingly overshadowing the negative resolutions in which (ICT) possess, none has the integrity to acknowledge this due to the (ICT) contribution towards our world. According
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