IT 256 Firewalls and VPN's
examines the major network security tools in use today, showing the effectiveness of firewalls through thoughtful security planning, well-designed security policies, and integrated support from antivirus software, intrusion detection systems, and related tools. Coverage includes packet filtering, authentication, proxy servers, encryption, bastion hosts, virtual private networks (VPN's), log file maintenance, and intrusion detection systems. This course is applicable toward AAS (credit hours 3.0, lecture hours 2.0, lab hours 2.0).