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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE topic PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA Topic//EN" "topic.dtd">
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| 3 | <topic xml:lang="en-us" id="usbip-security">
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| 4 | <title>Security Considerations</title>
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| 6 | <body>
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| 7 | <p>The communication between the server and client is unencrypted and there is no authorization required to access
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| 8 | exported devices. An attacker might sniff sensitive data or gain control over a device. To mitigate this risk, the
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| 9 | device should be exposed over a local network to which only trusted clients have access. To access the device
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| 10 | remotely over a public network, a VPN solution should be used to provide the required level of security
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| 11 | protection. </p>
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| 12 | </body>
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| 14 | </topic>
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