Networking allows multiple users to share data, information, software, and hardware. In addition, a network can centralize the management of a large base of connected processing units often configured to provide one location for coordinating security, backup and control. Security is the means to limit damage to data and to prevent user access to unauthorized information. The question of maintaining adequate security provisions across heterogenous platforms presents new security challenges for the network administrator. Computer crimes are on the rise. These crimes range from eavesdropping confidential information to physicial damage of equipments that information is stored. Some reasons of the increase in computer crimes include that there are more computers in use, there are more networks, and PCs can now access larger mainframe databases.
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