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Higher Computing: Computer Networking (optional Unit)
The candidate must demonstrate knowledge and understanding, practical skills and problem solving based on the following content statements:
Network protocols
♦ Name and description of the seven layers of the OSI model
♦ Brief explanation of the purpose of common protocols (TELNET, HTTP, FTP, SMTP)

Network applications
♦ Description of a web page using HTML tags (start, header, body, title, style, font size, alignment, section headers)
♦ Explanation of the advantages and disadvantages of browsers and microbrowsers for use with wireless data (WAP)
♦ Description of a web page using WML tags (wireless markup language)
♦ Description of the methods used by search engines to build its indexes (spiders, meta-search engines)

Network security
♦ Description of security measures: user access rights to data — file and folder permissions, user access rights to hardware
♦ Description of computer and network security requirements (confidentiality, data integrity and availability)
♦ Description of threats to network security in terms of passive (monitoring of transmission) and active (modification of the data stream or the creation of a false stream) attacks
♦ Description of the denial of service attack
♦ Comparison of Internet content filtering methods: firewalls, Internet filtering software and walled gardens
♦ Description of how a firewall can protect a LAN with an Internet connection from outside attacks.
♦ Description of disaster avoidance; use of anti-virus software, use of fault tolerance components, use of uninterrupted power supply, regular maintenance
♦ Description of backup strategy: backup server, mirror disks, tape, backup schedule

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