LO2 Understand the key components used in networking
Software for Networking
Objectives By the end of this session you should be able to: Network OS Mac OS Linux Windows Virus Checker Firewalls Application Software Security
Network Operating Systems: Mac OS or OS X GUI–based operating systems, developed by Apple Inc. for Macintosh computers Based on UNIX Supports pre-emptive multitasking and memory protection Second most active client operating system Mac OS X 10.0 released in 2001 Version 10.11: "El Capitan“ announced June 8, 2015
Linux Linux is a free and open-source operating system for PCs The user interface, or “shell”, is either a command-line interface (CLI), a graphical user interface (GUI) It is a modular, Unix-like OS Linux distributions are common as server operating systems
Linux Various “flavours” SUSE, Fedora, Red Hat, Ubuntu Linux distributions are also popular in the netbook market Android built on Linux kernel
Microsoft Windows
Virus Checker
Firewalls
Security
Application Software
Anti-virus and other protective software Protecting the network against these attacks, which are usually carried out by determined and very clever ‘cyber criminals’, starts with the network manager. The designers and installers have taken great care (one hopes) to provide protection tools, but if they are not used properly, or at all, disaster will happen eventually.