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List of VPN Protocols

This post summarizes the most common Virtual Private Network (VPN) protocols. VPN Protocols VPN (Virtual Private Network) protocols: RADIUS AAA protocol can also establish a VPN. PPTP Deprecated Point to Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) is a legacy solution, and it…

IPv4

This post explains briefly the network protocol IPv4 and summarizes the main aspects of it. IPv4 Address An IPv4 address represents a single device on an IP network. An IPv4 address consist of 32 bits. Example: 11000110001100110110010000000000 These 32 bits…

Cloud Deployment Models

This post features different types of clouds. This post is part of the introduction to cloud computing. Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) Featured Cloud Deployment Models Cloud Deployment Models: Private Cloud: A private cloud, also known as internal or corporate cloud,…

Encryption Concepts for IT

This post tries to summarize the basic concepts of cryptography and encryption that are relevant to information technologies, computer science and cybersecurity. It tries to focus on the basic concepts. Technical details about mathematics, calculations or implementations (like encryption algorithms…

Firewall Architectures

Types of network segments According to its privacy, there are different types of network segments: The internet is publicly available for any user. An intranet hosts information privately only for users within an organization. The services are placed on internal…