The Best Damn Firewall Book Period

Syngress Media Inc0072123699, 1928994113, 1928994237, 1928994296

This book is essential reading for anyone wanting to protect Internet-connected computers from unauthorized access. Coverage includes TCP/IP, setting up firewalls, testing and maintaining firewalls, and much more. All of the major firewall products are covered, including Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server (ISA), ISS BlackICE, Symantec Firewall, Check Point NG, and Cisco PIX Firewall.

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Table of contents :
COVER……Page 1
Contents……Page 10
Foreword……Page 34
Introduction to Information Security……Page 38
Firewall Concepts……Page 88
DMZ Concepts, Layout, and Conceptual Design……Page 108
Introduction to Intrusion Detection Systems……Page 146
Implementing a Firewall with Ipchains and Iptables……Page 162
Maintaining Open Source Firewalls……Page 206
Configuring Solaris as a Secure Router and Firewall……Page 246
Introduction to PIX Firewalls……Page 276
Passing Traffic……Page 312
Advanced PIX Configurations……Page 344
Troubleshooting and Performance Monitoring……Page 402
Installing and Configuring VPN- 1/FireWall-1 Next Generation……Page 456
Using the Graphical Interface……Page 526
Creating a Security Policy……Page 564
Advanced Configurations……Page 590
Configuring Virtual Private Networks……Page 612
Overview of the Nokia Security Platform……Page 638
Configuring the Check Point Firewall……Page 650
Introducing the Voyager Web Interface……Page 686
Basic System Administration……Page 716
High Availability and Clustering……Page 748
ISA Server Deployment Planning and Design……Page 848
ISA Server Installation……Page 882
Managing ISA Server……Page 916
Optimizing, Customizing, Integrating, and Backing Up ISA Server……Page 976
Troubleshooting ISA Server……Page 1028
Advanced Server Publishing with ISA Server……Page 1060
Protecting Mail Services with ISA Server……Page 1140
Introducing Snort……Page 1218
Installing Snort……Page 1244
Combining Firewalls and IDS……Page 1264
Index……Page 1304