A building network now includes thermostats and badge readers that are not PCs and that report in over the network. Which class of device is that?
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Short Explanation
The thermostats and the badge readers are ordinary objects that grew a network port. You class them as Internet of Things devices. A print spooler, a mail filter, and a traffic spreader are servers with different jobs.
Full Explanation
Internet of Things devices are everyday equipment, such as thermostats and badge readers, that connect to the network even though they are not general-purpose computers. That is the class in this building. A print server accepts print jobs and queues them. A thermostat does not spool pages. A spam gateway filters mail. A badge reader does not inspect messages. A load balancer distributes traffic across servers. A small sensor or a reader is not spreading web requests. Exam caveat: these devices still need addresses, patches, and a network segment that fits their trust level. Naming them does not secure them. Operational check: list the thermostats and readers, confirm they answer on the network, and keep them off the same segment as the servers if the design says so. Put the thermostats and badge readers in the inventory with their addresses so they are not mystery devices later. Note which segment the badge readers use so they stay off the server network. Change the default password on each reader before it is left on the building network.