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The deployment of H.323 (IP) videoconferencing has grown rapidly throughout the commercial, education and public sectors in the United Kingdom and around the world during the last five years. Decreases in bandwidth costs and more reliable and robust networks have contributed to this, as have the continuing improvements in the quality of the products available. This has been accompanied by a growth in demand, as cost and environmental considerations have combined with a growing appreciation of how videoconferencing can be used to enhance organisational partnerships and distance learning.

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Network Authentication Methods eduroam

General-purpose computer systems as supplied are not designed to be connected to hostile networks. The Internet outside the organisation should certainly be regarded as hostile and for some purposes parts of the internal organisation should also be viewed in this light. This means that many of the computers in the organisation need additional configuration and maintenance to reduce the likelihood of them falling victim to an attack across the network.