"Routing and Switching Selection Criteria." Please respond to the following:

Compare and contrast distance-vector and link-state routing. If you were designing a new routing protocol, which would you use and why?

"Documenting Your Network Design." Please respond to the following:

Describe the process you used (or will use) to derive the budget and project schedule for your technical term paper. What recommendation would you offer your colleagues when developing a network design plan?

"Selecting Switching and Routing Protocols." Please respond to the following:

Select a routing protocol that interests you, whether it's RIP vs. OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, or a different routing protocol. Research any security issues associated with this routing protocol.

"Developing Network Security Strategies." Please respond to the following:

Describe the modular approach to security design. Find a recent computing security breach in the news and present how a modular approach may have been used to prevent the security breach.