VPN for SME and VPN services

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Assessment Details and Submission Guidelines

Unit Code BN305

Unit Title Virtual Private Network

Assessment Type

Group (maximum of 3 students in one group)

Assessment Title

Assignment 2 – VPN Network Design for Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) network and VPN services

Purpose of the assessment (with ULO Mapping)

This assignment assesses the following Unit Learning Outcomes; students should be able to demonstrate their achievements in them.

 Describe architectural VPN design for small, medium and large businesses and

corporations

 Report on the health of the existing VPN architecture, solution, data, application,

and technology

 Discuss the appropriate security design and solutions for varieties of organisations

 Report on the current and future state of the management of VPN infrastructure

and its technologies

 Interpret a roadmap process to transform the VPN architecture to support long-

term organisations’ goals

 Implement a process to support the administration and the management of VPN

Weight 15%

Total Marks 30

Word limit See the instructions

Due Date Week 11

Submission Guidelines

 All work must be submitted on Moodle by the due date along with a completed Assignment Cover Page.

 The assignment must be in MS Word format, 1.5 spacing, 11-pt Calibri (Body) font and 2 cm margins on all four sides of your page with appropriate section headings.

 Reference sources must be cited in the text of the report, and listed appropriately at the end in a reference list using IEEE referencing style.

 MS WORD file type is used for submission in Moodle. No ‘zipped’ files or other types must be used

Extension If an extension of time to submit work is required, a Special Consideration Application must be submitted directly to the School's Administration Officer, in Melbourne on Level 6 or in Sydney on Level 7. You must submit this application three working days prior to the due date of the assignment. Further information is available at: http://www.mit.edu.au/about-mit/institute-publications/policies-procedures-and- guidelines/specialconsiderationdeferment

Academic Misconduct

Academic Misconduct is a serious offence. Depending on the seriousness of the case, penalties can vary from a written warning or zero marks to exclusion from the course or rescinding the degree. Students should make themselves familiar with the full policy and procedure available at: http://www.mit.edu.au/about-mit/institute-publications/policies- procedures-and-guidelines/Plagiarism-Academic-Misconduct-Policy-Procedure. For further information, please refer to the Academic Integrity Section in your Unit Description.

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Assignment Description

Tasks:

There are two parts to this assignment, i.e. part A and part B.

A. Investigate, design and develop a suitable VPN network for an SME by addressing the following

criteria. See detailed instruction in the next section. 25 marks

B. Presentation 5 marks

Note:

Only one report for part A and one presentation slide for part B per group should be submitted. As this is a Group Assignment make sure the contribution made by each student is clearly mentioned in the front page of the report. Each student in the group must make sufficient contribution. The report must be properly formatted and have a table of contents.

Part A description:

There are two sites existed in different Australian cities that belong to the same organization, where you need

to consider for this VPN network design in this assignment. This is in addition to remote users who should be

able to access their work from the company site while travelling.

1. Design a network for this SME

2. Build VPN services for the users

Report 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 Deployment and implementation

 Refer the sample document included in below for network design, and consider how to deploy

and implement relevant VPN services onto the network. You need to choose the right type of VPNs

and protocols that satisfy the requirements for remote and branch to branch connectivity.

Marking criteria:

Marks are allocated as indicated on each question, taking the following aspects into account:

Section to be included in the report and

demonstration Description

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Identification and Analysis and

description Correctly identifying, appropriateness, discussion

Explanation/justification Description and justification

Presentation and diagrams Structure, presentation, formatting, writing

Reference style Follow IEEE reference style

Plagiarism

Copy from another student, copy from internet

source/textbook, copy from other sources without proper

acknowledgement, etc

Marking guide:

Task A - Total 25 marks

No Categories Description Marks

1 Template and

format

The document should include all necessary headings and contents to

depict a VPN services and network design as per the example provided.

5

2 Requirements Multiple Figures and Tables need to be included to properly show the

requirements development. There must be a section for ‘compliance’

check so that vendors can properly reply to the requirements.

5

3 Solution Design This section should include proper headings and contents to propose a

solution for a VPN network. Wireless LAN solution needs to be included.

15

Total 25

Part B description:

Task B - Total 5 marks

Students need to demonstrate their work in Lab 11. Demonstration will include viva voce (oral test)

questions as well. 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.

Marking Rubric for Assignment 1 Questions-Marks as shown

Grade

Mark

HD

80%+

D

70%-79%

CR

60%-69%

P

50%-59%

Fail

< 50%

Excellent Very Good Good Satisfactory Unsatisfactory

Identification

and Analysis

and description

Highly valid and

appropriate

Valid and

appropriate

Generally valid

and

appropriate

Valid but no

appropriate

Not valid and

not appropriate

Explanation/

justification

All elements are

present and well

integrated.

Components

present with

good

cohesion

Components

present and

mostly well

integrated

Most

components

present

Lacks structure.

Reference style

Clear styles with

excellent source of

references.

Clear

referencing/

style

Generally good

referencing/sty

le

Unclear

referencing/styl

e

Lacks

consistency

with many

errors

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Presentation

and diagrams

Proper writing and

drawing.

Professionally

presented

Properly

written and

drawing,

with some

minor

deficiencies

Mostly good,

but some

structure or

presentation

problems

Acceptable

presentation

Poor structure,

careless

presentation