The Best Damn Firewall Book Period
The Best Damn Firewall Book Period
ISBN: 1931836906
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 240
Pages: 240
- Table of Contents
- BackCover
- The Best Damn Firewall Book Period
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Part I: Introduction to Network Security Firewalls
- Chapter 1: Introduction to Information Security
- Insecurity and the Internet
- Threats and Attacks
- Security Policies
- Creating a Security Policy
- Protecting Information Technology
- Using SSL and Secure Shell
- Other Hardware Security Devices
- Summary
- Chapter 2: Firewall Concepts
- Defining a Firewall
- Networking and Firewalls
- Popular Firewalls
- Summary
- Chapter 3: DMZ Concepts, Layout, and Conceptual Design
- DMZ Basics
- DMZ Design Fundamentals
- Advanced Risks
- Advanced Design Strategies
- Summary
- Chapter 4: Introduction to Intrusion Detection Systems
- What Is Intrusion Detection?
- What Is an Intrusion?
- Why Are Intrusion Detection Systems Important?
- What Else Can Be Done with Intrusion Detection?
- Summary
- Part II: Solaris Linux Firewalls
- Chapter 5: Implementing a Firewall with Ipchains and Iptables
- Understanding the Need for a Firewall
- Deploying IP Forwarding and Masquerading
- Configuring Your Firewall to Filter Network Packets
- Understanding Tables and Chains in a Linux Firewall
- Logging Packets at the Firewall
- Configuring a Firewall
- Counting Bandwidth Usage
- Using and Obtaining Automated Firewall Scripts and Graphical Firewall Utilities
- Summary
- Chapter 6: Maintaining Open Source Firewalls
- Testing Firewalls
- Using Telnet, Ipchains, Netcat, and SendIP to Probe Your Firewall
- Understanding Firewall Logging, Blocking, and Alert Options
- Obtaining Additional Firewall Logging Tools
- Summary
- Chapter 7: Configuring Solaris as a Secure Router and Firewall
- Configuring Solaris as a Secure Router
- Routing IP Version 6
- IP Version 6 Hosts
- Configuring Solaris as a Firewall
- Summary
- Part III: PIX Firewalls
- Chapter 8: Introduction to PIX Firewalls
- PIX Firewall Features
- PIX Hardware
- Software Licensing and Upgrades
- The Command-Line Interface
- Summary
- Chapter 9: Passing Traffic
- Allowing Outbound Traffic
- Allowing Inbound Traffic
- TurboACLs
- Object Grouping
- Case Study
- Summary
- Chapter 10: Advanced PIX Configurations
- Handling Advanced Protocols
- Filtering Web Traffic
- DHCP Functionality
- Other Advanced Features
- Summary
- Chapter 11: Troubleshooting and Performance Monitoring
- Troubleshooting Hardware and Cabling
- Troubleshooting Connectivity
- Troubleshooting IPsec
- Capturing Traffic
- Monitoring and Troubleshooting Performance
- Summary
- Part IV: Check Point NG and Nokia IP Series Appliances
- Chapter 12: Installing and Configuring VPN-1FireWall-1 Next Generation
- Before You Begin
- Installing Check Point VPN-1FireWall-1 NG on Windows
- Uninstalling Check Point VPN-1FireWall-1 NG on Windows
- Installing Check Point VPN-1FireWall-1 NG on Solaris
- Uninstalling Check Point VPN-1FireWall-1 NG on Solaris
- Installing Check Point VPN-1FireWall-1 NG on Nokia
- Summary
- Chapter 13: Using the Graphical Interface
- Managing Objects
- Adding Rules
- Global Properties
- SecureUpdate
- Log Viewer
- System Status
- Summary
- Chapter 14: Creating a Security Policy
- Reasons for a Security Policy
- How to Write a Security Policy
- Implementing a Security Policy
- Installing a Security Policy
- Policy Files
- Summary
- Chapter 15: Advanced Configurations
- Check Point High Availability (CPHA)
- Single Entry Point VPN Configurations (SEP)
- Multiple Entry Point VPN Configurations (MEP)
- Other High Availability Methods
- Summary
- Chapter 16: Configuring Virtual Private Networks
- Encryption Schemes
- Configuring an FWZ VPN
- Configuring an IKE VPN
- Configuring a SecuRemote VPN
- Installing SecuRemote Client Software
- Using SecuRemote Client Software
- Summary
- Chapter 17: Overview of the Nokia Security Platform
- Introducing the Nokia IP Series Appliances
- Administration Made Easy
- Summary
- Chapter 18: Configuring the Check Point Firewall
- Preparing for the Configuration
- Configuring the Firewall
- Testing the Configuration
- Upgrading the Firewall
- Summary
- Chapter 19: Introducing the Voyager Web Interface
- Basic System Configuration, Out of the Box
- Configuring the System for Security
- Understanding Configuration Options
- Summary
- Chapter 20: Basic System Administration
- Rebooting the System
- Managing Packages
- Managing IPSO Images
- Managing Users and Groups
- Configuring Static Routes
- System Backup and Restore
- System Logging
- Scheduling Tasks Using cron
- Summary
- Chapter 21: High Availability and Clustering
- Designing Your Cluster
- Installing FireWall-1 NG FP3
- Check Point ClusterXL
- Nokia IPSO Clustering
- Nokia IPSO VRRP Clusters
- Clustering and HA Performance Tuning
- Summary
- Part V: ISA Server
- Chapter 22: ISA Server Deployment Planning and Design
- ISA Deployment: Planning and Designing Issues
- Active Directory Implementation
- Mission-Critical Considerations
- Planning the Appropriate Installation Mode
- Summary
- Chapter 23: ISA Server Installation
- Putting Together Your Flight Plan
- Performing the Installation
- Migrating from Microsoft Proxy Server 2.0
- Summary
- Chapter 24: Managing ISA Server
- Understanding Integrated Administration
- Performing Common Management Tasks
- Using Monitoring, Alerting, Logging, and Reporting Functions
- Understanding Remote Administration
- Summary
- Chapter 25: Optimizing, Customizing, Integrating, and Backing Up ISA Server
- Optimizing ISA Server Performance
- Customizing ISA Server
- Integrating ISA Server with Other Services
- Backing Up and Restoring the ISA Configuration
- Summary
- Chapter 26: Troubleshooting ISA Server
- Troubleshooting Guidelines
- Troubleshooting ISA Server Installation and Configuration Problems
- Troubleshooting Authentication and Access Problems
- Troubleshooting ISA Client Problems
- Troubleshooting Caching and Publishing Problems
- Summary
- Chapter 27: Advanced Server Publishing with ISA Server
- Disabling Socket Pooling
- Server Publishing
- Web Publishing
- Summary
- Chapter 28: Protecting Mail Services with ISA Server
- Configuring Mail Services on the ISA Server
- Configuring Mail Services on the Internal Network
- GFI s Mail Security and Mail Essentials for SMTP Servers
- Summary
- Part VI: Intrusion Detection
- Chapter 29: Introducing Snort
- What Is Snort?
- Snort System Requirements
- Exploring Snort s Features
- Using Snort on Your Network
- Security Considerations with Snort
- Summary
- Chapter 30: Installing Snort
- A Brief Word about Linux Distributions
- Installing PCAP
- Installing Snort
- Summary
- Chapter 31: Combining Firewalls and IDS
- Policy-Based IDS
- Inline IDS
- IDS Functionality on the PIX Firewall
- Summary
- Index
- Index_A
- Index_B
- Index_C
- Index_D
- Index_E
- Index_F
- Index_G
- Index_H
- Index_I
- Index_J
- Index_K
- Index_L
- Index_M
- Index_N
- Index_O
- Index_P
- Index_Q
- Index_R
- Index_S
- Index_T
- Index_U
- Index_V
- Index_W
- Index_X
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
The Best Damn Firewall Book Period
ISBN: 1931836906
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 240
Pages: 240