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• Encryption and Authentication – SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) protects data

transferred over the network by encrypting file names and formats. The System

Administrator can also add IPSec capabilities to secure Internet Protocol (IP)

communications from lower layer protocols, such as TCP (Transmission

Control Protocol) and UDP (User Datagram Protocol) by authenticating and

encrypting each IP packet of a data stream across the Internet.

Additionally, the imageRUNNER ADVANCE 8500 III Series supports IEEE

802.1X, which provides port-based authentication. Authentication involves

communications between a supplicant, authenticator, and authentication server.

The supplicant is authentication software on a client device. The client device

(the imageRUNNER ADVANCE 8500 III Series) needs the supplicant to

provide credentials, such as user names/passwords or digital certificates, to the

authenticator (a wireless access point). The authenticator then forwards the

credentials to the authentication server (generally a RADIUS database) for

verification. If the credentials are valid in the authentication server database,

the client device is allowed to access resources located on the protected side of

the network.

• Network Port and Application Access Control – Network Port and

Application Access Control enables system administrators to set up only the

necessary protocols, such as IPP, FTP, SNTP, SNMP, RAW, LPD, and others

for transferring data. These protocols can be switched on and off. The

administrator can also disable unneeded services, protocols, ports, and the

potential paths of attack so that attacks on the machine can be minimized.

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