TABLE OF CONTENTS By the end of this chapter, you willunderstand some disconnected network scenarios and learn how to address their individual concerns.This chapter walks you through the steps for exporting settings and data from a connected network, and then importing it into a disconnected network.
A disconnected network is a set of computers that have been either physically or logicallyseparated from the production environment. There are many reasons for using a disconnected networkin a business enterprise (e.g., a government organization needs a disconnected network to separatecertain systems from the general public in order to address government-wide security requirements,or test labs where IT departments need a disconnected network to ensure that data cannot crossbetween two networks except via removable data.
You may be asking yourself, If a network is completely disconnected, why do I have to worryabout updating machines on that network? When a network is isolated, it can still be susceptibleto viruses. Computers and media that are infected with a virus can still be easily introduced intoan isolated network.
There are many ways to isolate a network to the point where no removable media can beintroduced into it. However, you still have to address things such as someone introducing awireless access point into the network. By simply plugging in a $50.00 device from the local officesupply store, your disconnected network is now accessible to the whole world. On the other hand,when securing a network you need to be careful not to secure it to the point that...
