Davonte Brown

ITT Technical Institute

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North Las Veas, Neva!a 8"032
NT#330 Client$Server Net%or&in II
Wee& #, 'nit # ( Intro!uction to Net%or&in Conce)ts
Exercise
*or this +,ercise
Please evaluate the information provided and after reading in the lessons for this week, answer the scenario deliverables
in a word document with a cover page and references included. This exercise is due at the beginning of the next class
meeting.
Case Scenario #$#- .esinin Win!o%s Server 2008 Net%or& Services
Lucerne Publishing is a publishing company based in ew !ork "ity, ew !ork, which produces science
textbooks for colleges and medical schools. #n recent months, Lucerne Publishing has been planning a move
towards a $virtual office,% where over three hundred writers, editors, and graphics personnel will transition to
working out of their homes instead of working in traditional $brick&and&mortar% offices. The main office in ew !ork
"ity will continue to house roughly '(( employees working in centrali)ed functions such as Payroll, *ccounting,
and +uman ,esources. -ach of these departments maintains a number of file and application servers that house
sensitive personal and financial data, all of which re.uire extensive security for their sensitive data. *s the network
administrator for Lucerne Publishing, you are tasked with configuring remote access for these new virtual office
employees, while still maintaining the overall security of the Lucerne Publishing network.
Based on this information, answer the following .uestions/
0. #n order to support access for remote employees, you have been authori)ed to upgrade #nternet access at
the Lucerne Publishing corporate office. !ou expect a significant increase in both inbound and outbound
traffic as Lucerne Publishing makes the transition to a virtual office environment. !ou need to choose a
method for routing traffic to and from the #nternet and the corporate offices. 1hould you configure a
2indows 1erver '((3 computer to act as your #nternet router, or select another option4
'. 2hat types of access can you support for virtual office staff members to access corporate resources, and
how will you provide this access4
5. Lucerne Publishing6s "hief 1ecurity 7fficer has expressed a concern over the security risks posed by
allowing access to internal networks by virtual office computers, given that these computers will not be
closely monitored by corporate #T staff. 2hat can you do to minimi)e the risks to Lucerne Publishing6s
internal resources4
#/ I0 you con0iure a %in!o%s server 2008 co1)uter to act as an internet router you 1ay
2e 2etter o00 )urchasin a ne% router3 The %in!o%s server 1iht not ive o00 a Wi$*i
sinal, a ne% Wi$*i router %ill ive o00 the sinal you4re loo&in 0or3
2) Answer Through VPN certainly. However, if the coin is on the other side, it may not be as good for
you, so as !a"star. Virtual.
#) A ey factor in o$erating in e"$ort marets is the currency e"change rate movements. The nature
of the worldwide currency marets means that $redicting the future is almost im$ossible. There
are many factors that affect the currency e"change rates and from all around the globe but good
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old su$$ly and demand mae the rates. A ey driver to currency e"change rates is the interest
rates.
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