CS 320 – Data Communications: Assignment #4 and #5

(Professor Arnold Toffler Office: 4250, (973) 618-3459, Atoffler@caldwell.edu)

Answer the following questions:

Chapter 6, Review Questions: 8,9,10,11,12,14,15 (1-2 sentence answers will suffice).

Chapter 7, Review Questions: 8,9,10,13,14

Chapter 8, Review Questions 11,12,15

Chapter 10, Review Questions 1,7,8,9,17,18

Chapter 11, Review Questions 2,3,4,7

In addition, read the articles posted on my web site regarding Network Switches, Security and Firewalls. Write a 1-2 paragraph response to each of the following questions:

1. How can adding switches help solve traffic problems on a large, slow network?
2. Who does the article, “The Sorry State of Security” think is the “stupidest of them all”? Why?
3. What does a firewall protect you from? What filters can you set on a firewall?

Assignment is due 5/8/2008.