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summary: 'An airgap is a security measure to physically separate a computer or device from all other networks, such as the Internet.'
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terms: ["airgap"]
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{% include disclaimer.html translated="no" translationOutdated="no" %}
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### The Basics
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"An air gap, air wall or air gapping is a network security measure employed
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on one or more computers to ensure that a secure computer network is
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physically isolated from unsecured networks, such as the public Internet or
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an unsecured local area network.[2] The name arises from the technique of
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creating a network that is physically separated (with a conceptual air gap)
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from all other networks. The air gap may not be completely literal, as
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networks employing the use of dedicated cryptographic devices that can
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tunnel packets over untrusted networks while avoiding packet rate or size
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variation can be considered air gapped, as there is no ability for computers
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on opposite sides of the gap to communicate."
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Taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_gap_(networking)
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