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Routing and network security

Seven lessons on how routers choose a path and how networks are kept safe: routing tables, OSPF and BGP, firewalls, VPNs, common attacks and the defence against each, Wi-Fi security, and defence in depth.

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How it works

Each lesson is a short read with examples, then a few practice questions. Some ask you to type an answer (a number, an address, what a piece of code prints), some have you pick one, and some have you tap steps or lines into the right order. You can try again as often as you like; after two misses there’s a button to show the answer.

What do I need to know first?

How networks work, and ideally the subnetting course, since routes are written as prefixes like 10.1.0.0/16.

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