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You have created an e-commerce Web application that allows your customers to purchase your company's products via the Internet. Management is concerned that customers will not feel comfortable providing their credit card information over the Internet. What is the most important step to secure this application so that your customers will feel confident that they are transmitting their information securely and to the correct Web site?

1. Use IP restrictions so that only your customers' specific IP addresses can connect to the e-commerce application.

2. Issue each of your customers a smart card that they can use to authenticate to your e-commerce Web site.

3. Place your company's Web server behind a firewall to prevent unauthorized access to customer information.

4. Install a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificate on your Web server.

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What is a potential drawback of creating a password policy on your network that requires user passwords to be 25 characters long?

1. Users will be more likely to write down a password that is so difficult to remember.

2. User passwords should be at least 30 characters long to guard against brute-force password attacks.

3. There are no drawbacks; this solution creates network passwords that will be impossible for an unauthorized user to penetrate.

4. Windows Server 2003 will not allow a password of more than eight characters.

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Your network configuration includes a Terminal Server designed to allow users at remote branches to access network applications. The Terminal Server often becomes overloaded with client requests, and you...