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Please explain the following subjects in 200-300words each

Online security issues
● Security for client computers
● Security for the communication channels between computers
● Security for server computers
● Organizations that promote computer, network, and Internet security

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Organizations that use a server to store application or data have several client computers that access information from that server.

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● Security for client computers

Organizations that use a server to store application or data have several client computers that access information from that server. As such client computers use internet to connect to the servers, it is extremely important that such connection should be secure and should possess capabilities to protect from attacks by intruders, hackers, viruses, etc.

The communication's security is essential to protect the exchange of confidential data and information between the client and the server. Organization's should not only deploy best practices in terms of ensuring physical security of the client systems, but also adhere to best practices in network security.

"Physical protection for the client machines can include disk drive locks, or even diskless workstations to prevent the loading of unauthorized software and viruses. The cases can be fitted with locks to prevent access to the hard drives, and memory. The network connecting clients and servers is a less than secure vehicle that intruders can use to break into computer systems and their various resources. Using publicly available utilities and hardware an attacker can eavesdrop on a network, or "sniff" the network to read packets of information. These packets can contain useful information, e.g. passwords, company details, etc, or reveal weaknesses in the system that can be ...

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