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Securing the internet is done on an individual basis, therefore it is the companies/institutions responsibility to secure internet communications. | Securing the internet is done on an individual basis, therefore it is the companies/institutions responsibility to secure internet communications. | ||
| − | Open unsecured communications creates the potential for intrusion therefore it is recommended that ALL internet traffic to your repository be [ | + | Open unsecured communications creates the potential for intrusion therefore it is recommended that ALL internet traffic to your repository be [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firewall_(computing) firewalled] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Https encrypted]. See below for more details. |
==Server Security== | ==Server Security== | ||
Revision as of 09:50, 15 September 2014
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Contents
Introduction
Originally the internet was not designed to be secure.
It was principally designed to be robust (no single point of failure) and be able to reliably transport data between disparate local networks.
Securing the internet is done on an individual basis, therefore it is the companies/institutions responsibility to secure internet communications.
Open unsecured communications creates the potential for intrusion therefore it is recommended that ALL internet traffic to your repository be firewalled and encrypted. See below for more details.
Server Security
STEP 1. SERVER FIREWALL
STEP 2. SECURE CONNECTIONS
FURTHER SERVER SECURITY
Client Security
Please encourage your managers, submitters, reviewers, collection managers and metadata editors to use a safe browser such as one of the following:
