Assignment: Virtual Private Networks
High level design for an SME network and VPN services.
Outcomes
Students should be able to demonstrate their achievements in the following unit learning outcomes:
a. Develop architectural VPN designs for small, medium and large businesses and corporations
b. Report on the health of the existing VPN architecture, solution, data, application, and technology
c. Investigate and justify the appropriate design and solution for different organisations
d. Analyse and report on the current and future state of the management of VPN infrastructure and its technologies
e. Define a roadmap process to transform the VPN architecture to support long-term organisational goals
f. Implement a process to support the administration and the management of VPN
Part A description:
There are two areas to consider for VPN network design in this assignment.
1. Design a network for an SME
2. Build VPN services for the users
Contents must include:
• Introduction
• Scopes and Limitations
• Requirements (Network parts and VPN service parts)
• Solution Design
a. Logical Design
b. Physical Design
c. Network Topologies
d. IP addressing
e. Security features and Policies
f. Redundancy and Failover plans
g. VPN service implementation
Part B description:
Prepare slides (between 10 - 15 slides) for presentation during the lab class. The solution of VPN services and network design shall be presented with 15 minutes for a group during week 11 Lab class. Presentation slides should be submitted in Moodle prior to the presentation for marking. No other options (e.g. hard copy, memory stick, website, email etc) will be considered but the presentation file submitted in Moodle.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also Include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.