Chapter 6. General Design Considerations

This chapter covers the following topics:

Physical Security Issues

Layer 2 Security Considerations

IP Addressing Design Considerations

ICMP Design Considerations

Routing Considerations

Transport Protocol Design Considerations

DoS Design Considerations

Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance. —Samuel Johnson, Rasselas: The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia, 1759

A good scientist is a person with original ideas. A good engineer is a person who makes a design that works with as few original ideas as possible. There are no prima donnas in engineering. —Freeman Dyson, Physicist, Disturbing the Universe, 1979

At the beginning of any secure network design project, many best ...

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