| Chapter 18 –  | 
                                          Local Area Networks | 
                                        
                                     
                                        
                                    Gary C. Kessler 
                                        
                                    N. Todd Pritsky
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                                          18.1 | 
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                                          Introduction
                                                 
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                                          18.2 | 
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                                          Policy and Procedure Issues
                                                 
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                                          18.3 | 
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                                          Physical Site Security
                                                 
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                                          18.4 | 
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                                          Physical Layer Issues
                                                 
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                                          18.4.1 | 
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                                          Sniffers and Broadcast LANs
                                                   
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                                          18.4.2 | 
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                                          Attacks on the Physical Plant
                                                   
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                                          18.4.3 | 
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                                          Modems, Dial-up Servers, and Telephone Lines
                                                   
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                                          18.4.4 | 
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                                          Wireless LAN Issues
                                                   
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                                          18.5 | 
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                                          Network Operating System Issues
                                                 
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                                          18.5.1 | 
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                                          Windows 9x
                                                   
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                                          18.5.2 | 
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                                          Windows NT/2000
                                                   
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                                          18.5.3 | 
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                                          Novell NetWare
                                                   
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                                          18.5.4 | 
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                                          Unix
                                                   
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                                          18.5.5 | 
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                                          MacOS
                                                   
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                                          18.6 | 
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                                          Conclusion
                                                 
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                                          18.8 | 
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                                          Notes
                                                 
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                                          18.9 | 
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                                          References and Further Reading
                                                 
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