Introduction - GE IPC2018 Deployment Manual

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Introduction

This document provides information that can be used to help improve the cyber security of systems that include IPC2018
Industrial PC (IPC) products. It is intended for use by control engineers, integrators, IT professionals, and developers
responsible for deploying and configuring IPC products. Secure deployment information is provided in this manual for the
following IPC2018 IPC products.
Product
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Caution
Introduction
For public disclosure
IPC2018 IPC Products
Product Description
IPC2018 with bC6L17
IPC2018 with bC6L18
The controllers and supervisory level computers covered in this document were not
designed for or intended to be connected directly to any wide area network, including
but not limited to a corporate network or the Internet at large. Additional routers and
firewalls (such as supplied with the NetworkST* 4.0 option) that have been configured
with access rules customized to the site's specific needs must be used to access devices
described in this document from outside the local control networks.
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