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Wireless LAN (WLAN): Network Design & Security

This document will discuss how to design and secure an 802.11 wireless network by understanding its security protocols and mechanism. It describes security protocols such as WEP, WPA and 802.11i, and basic security mechanisms such as MAC access control list; and their vulnerabilities. Knowing how these mechanism and protocols work, including weakness and vulnerabilities, can be very helpful for planning, designing, implementing and/or hardening a much secure wireless network, effectively minimizing the impact of an attack.

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Oracle 9/11i Acceleration of Applications utilizing Application and Content Networking (ACNS)

This document outlines the benefits of implementing the Cisco Application and Content Networking System (ACNS) to help minimize latencies associated with running Oracle 11i integrated e-Business applications over limited WAN connections, particularly in branch offices.

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Intelligent Caching & Content Distribution In the Enterprise Network

One main Federal Agency and its associated Government agencies are facing the increasing challenges of WAN bandwidth management, congestion, delivering mission-critical Web applications (e-learning) with high quality, performance and a satisfactory end-user experience. To overcome these challenges, the agency needs a solution that offers a highly available, scalable solution across the corporate Intranet, Extranet, and e-Government applications platforms. This IPNS White paper discuss a solution that provides end to End capabilities.

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