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4065CEM Portfolio Activities

1. Router Operation Diagram

Construct a diagram showing the relationship between the different modes of operation/prompts that you used in the course of the labs and the commands that can be used to change between them.

2. Research Question

In regards to the portfolio 3 exercise: Access to the outside world for the scavengers' group is critical for the operation of the company. You have been asked by management to provide some advice on how the network's fault tolerance can be improved in that regard. Write a short proposal (200-500 words) about the steps that could be taken in order to maximise the chances of that particular group still having access to the internet in the event of equipment failure or other unforeseen problems. State any assumptions you made and what extra equipment and resources could be needed to achieve such a task. Explain the cons and pros of your suggestions and if necessary illustrate the new layout by means of a diagram. References to online material or printed sources (if you use any) do not count towards the word count.

3. Practical Task

You are given one virtual machine belonging to a small network which is 192.168.8.0/24. Your task is to:
1) Using appropriate tool(s) to discover the network services running on the virtual machine.
2) Implement the remote access to the virtual machine (hint: weak passwords are set to the user accounts on the virtual machine)
3) After gaining the access to the virtual machine, find a way to keep the remote access to the virtual machine even if later strong passwords are set to the user accounts on the virtual machine.

Submission should include:
- Steps and tools/commands that you take to fulfil the task.
- Evidence (e.g. screen shots) of your achievements.