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August 3, 2014

Port Scans and Ping Sweeps

A ping sweep is a process in which a computer user runs a software utility to see how many computers are online within an IP address range (Wikipedia, 2013). This ping utility is useful when troubleshooting network connectivity when there are known connectivity issues. A system administrator can issue the ping command followed by a single IP address which sends out an ICMP Echo packet. The target computer will either reply back to the ICMP packet to indicate the device is online and accepting ICMP packets. If there is no response, that indicates either the target computer is either offline or...

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August 3, 2014

Computer Security Essay

Below is a copy of an essay I wrote this session regarding computer security. I hope you enjoy it. It is well known that computer security is not limited to companies or large organizations. Though it is more likely that companies would suffer some sort of attack or security breach with their networked computer resources either internally or externally, however, any computer device that is connected to a network or the internet faces the same risks of attacks or security breaches. It is wise to have all your devices secure and follow proper security protocols to help limit the potential...

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