Assignment On Enterprise Communications

Enterprise Communications – Practical Activity 4
Department of
Computing and Information Technology
EnterpriseWeb Authoring
Semester 2, 2019
Version 1.0: 6/10/2022
ICT50415 Diploma of Information Technology Networking
Competencies
 ICANWK501: Plan, implement and test enterprise communication solutions
 ICTTEN512: Design and implement an enterprise voice over internet protocol and a
unified communications network
 ICTNWK505: Design, build and test a network server
 Submit your assessment items by the specified dates
 Present material according to IT Dept. standards
specified.
 Practical activities are to be noted down in the student
journals specifically for this subject. Marks will be
allotted according to the practical and the write up.
Introductory Activity – Assessed as a Prac in-class activity
As completed. Refer to subject outline.
Tools & Windows Based Computer(s) with Virtualisation Environment
Grade A satisfactory assessment.
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Enterprise Communications – Practical Activity 4
Practical 4
Aim
You will recall back in Prac 1 & 2 that when we installed Thunderbird it issued an
interesting security warning message. This was a result of the lack of security functions
that we implemented within our mail server.
The aims of this exercise are to investigate some of the security mechanisms that ways of
ensuring the integrity and security of the messages that we are transferring. In particular,
we will investigate Certificates, SSL and TLS.
This exercise is to be done individually.
This exercise will be completed within a VMware Workstation 12.x/14.x Environment.
You must maintain an error log sheet and mention how you troubleshot the issues.
Read the entire activity before starting!!!
Document the steps that you followed in your Journal. Journal must have full
screen and clear screenshots.
Activity 1
In this activity we will research some terms from the internet.
 Research the following terms:
 SSL
 TLS
 How does TLS and SSL Differ? Explain in your own words, strictly no copy and
Paste.
 List the websites that you referred to provide effective definitions and explanations for
these terms.
 Document your research in your Journal.
Tasks Done
SSL refers to Secure Sockets Layer and it can be described as the default
technology for maintaining a safe link to the internet and preserving the
confidential information transmitted among two networks, prohibiting hackers
from viewing and manipulating any transmitted data. These two systems can be
a customer and server or servers to databases.
TLS (Transport Layer Security) is essentially a stronger, upgraded edition of SSL. The
protection licenses are still referred to as SSL since it is a popular term, but when you
purchase SSL from Symantec, ECC, RSA and DSA are given as the authentication
choices.
Activity 2
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