Configuring IPCop Firewalls: Closing Borders with Open Source: How to setup, configure and manage your Linux firewall, web proxy, DHCP, DNS, time ... VPN with this powerful Open Source solution [Paperback]

James Eaton-Lee (Author), Barrie Dempster (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1904811361 | ISBN-13: 978-1904811367 | Publication Date: October 1, 2006

This book is an easy-to-read guide to using IPCop in a variety of different roles within the network. The book is written in a very friendly style that makes this complex topic easy and a joy to read. It first covers basic IPCop concepts, then moves to introduce basic IPCop configurations, before covering advanced uses of IPCop. This book is for both experienced and new IPCop users. Anyone interested in securing their networks with IPCop - from those new to networking and firewalls, to networking and IT Professionals with previous experience of IPCop. No knowledge of Linux or IPCop is required.

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About the Author

Barrie Dempster

Barrie Dempster is currently employed as a Senior Security Consultant for NGS Software Ltd a world-renowned security consultancy well known for their focus in enterprise-level application vulnerability research and database security. He has a background in Infrastructure and Information Security in a number of specialised environments such as financial services institutions, telecommunications companies, call centres, and other organisations across multiple continents. Barrie has experience in the integration of network infrastructure and telecommunications systems requiring high calibre secure design, testing and management. He has been involved in a variety of projects from the design and implementation of Internet banking systems to large-scale conferencing and telephony infrastructure, as well as penetration testing and other security assessments of business critical infrastructure.

James Eaton-Lee

James Eaton-Lee works as a Consultant specializing in Infrastructure Security who has worked with clients ranging from small businesses with a handful of employees to multinational banks. He has a varied background, including experience working with IT in ISPs, manufacturing firms, and call centers. James has been involved in the integration of a range of systems, from analogue and VOIP telephony to NT and AD domains in mission-critical environments with thousands of hosts, as well as UNIX & LINUX servers in a variety of roles. James is a strong advocate of the use of appropriate technology, and the need to make technology more approachable and flexible for businesses of all sizes, but especially in the SME marketplace in which technology is often forgotten and avoided. James has been a strong believer in the relevancy and merit of Open Source and Free Software for a number of years and - wherever appropriate - uses it for himself and his clients, integrating it fluidly with other technologies.

Product Details

• Paperback: 244 pages
• Publisher: Packt Publishing (October 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1904811361
• ISBN-13: 978-1904811367
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,624,135 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #37 in Books > Computers & Technology > Operating Systems > Unix > Administration

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Decent book for novice, but little content or depth, August 12, 2007

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A. Dornbusch (Austin, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Configuring IPCop Firewalls: Closing Borders with Open Source: How to setup, configure and manage your Linux firewall, web proxy, DHCP, DNS, time ... VPN with this powerful Open Source solution (Paperback)

I frankly expected more from this book. It is short (220 pages), and consists largely of screenshots of IPCop configuration screens interspersed with descriptions of what each page means. If you have no idea how a firewall works, this book will help you get started. If you have any significant networking experience and are looking for a book to assist you with configuring and debugging a network firewall, then it won't be of much help.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good book, but not better than freely available documentation, January 8, 2007

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Andres Paglayan (Santa Fe, NM USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Configuring IPCop Firewalls: Closing Borders with Open Source: How to setup, configure and manage your Linux firewall, web proxy, DHCP, DNS, time ... VPN with this powerful Open Source solution (Paperback)

I use IPCop at a 30 users network. We also route specific applications through different T1 connections, and have plenty of custom iptables rules.
IPCop per se is a great product.
I can't say the book is bad but it does not add any substantial information to the documentation you can find at IPCop site and download for free.
Buy it only if you want to pay for freely available documentation or if you are a book bluff.