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configurable for security purposes. You're probably quite familiar with the idea of
limiting access to shared drives, directories, and files with user rights, file permissions,
and passwords, but this kind of restriction goes one step further. Using the filtering
capabilities of a bridge, you can forbid any physical connection between nodes, making it
impossible for an engineer, for example, to access the accounting files from his local
machine. You still need the logical security of passwords and user rights and address
filtering can give you an added layer of protection.
Connecting disparate networks
As many networks are not carefully planned to produce an integrated system, the
capability of some bridges to link more than one kind of network can be useful in making
the corporate network more integrated.
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