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LARRY DORIE servers are exposed to the public, meaning
that anyone with an Internet connection can access them.
The results have been led to many breaches that have attracted much media attention, as they commonly include a scenario where hackers disrupt business meetings with profane and inappropriate
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content. And the attacks aren’t isolated to one platform; they have been widespread across many publicly accessible video conferencing platforms. In order to successfully move forward with the use of video conferencing for business purposes, it’s essential to place a greater emphasis on the security features of video conferencing
platforms – with one security solution being the use advanced on-premise technologies that are proven to safeguard both small and large meetings.
The bottom line is that deployment of all remote access tools – including video conferencing platforms – needs to be done in a secure environment to protect the
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What is the difference between jitter and packet Aloss?
Jitter and packet loss are terms used to define and measure the integrity
of data transmission across a packet switched network. Jitter measures the variance in delivery time between data packets. Jitter is measured in milliseconds (ms); 1 second equals 1,000 ms. Inconsistent packet delivery degrades transmission quality. In the case of voice and video transmission, humans begin to perceive jitter with a delay of 10 ms, which manifests as choppy voice or video. Packet loss is failure of
a network to deliver all packets transmitted, which degrades overall data
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