WA Computer Science ATAR Year 11: Firewalls and network protection
Students learn how firewalls, proxy servers, intrusion detection and prevention, antivirus software and updates protect digital assets.
One content description from the full WA Computer Science ATAR Year 11 — Network Communications journey. All 12 modules below are in that journey too, with the same content — add just these to a class, or the whole strand.
Modules (12)
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Firewalls
2
Firewall software
3
Network (hardware) firewall
4
Firewall rule: allow or deny by port
5
Firewall rule: allow or deny by IP address
6
Firewall rule order and default deny
7
What a proxy server is
8
How a proxy server keeps data safe
9
Intrusion detection systems (IDS)
10
Intrusion prevention systems (IPS)
11
Antivirus software
12
Operating system updates
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