Configuring SonicWALL Firewalls [Illustrated] [Paperback]

Chris Lathem (Author), Benjamin W. Fortenberry (Author), Joshua Reed (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1597492507 | ISBN-13: 978-1597492508 | Publication Date: July 7, 2006 | Edition: 1

SonicWALL firewalls are the number 3 in sales worldwide in the security appliance market space as of 2004. This accounts for 15% total market share in the security appliance sector. The SonicWALL firewall appliance has had the largest annual growth in the security appliance sector for the last two years.

This is the first book on the market covering the #3 best-selling firewall appliances in the world from SonicWALL. This book continues Syngress' history from ISA Server to Check Point to Cisco Pix of being first to market with best-selling firewall books for security professionals.

Configuring SonicWALL Firewalls is the first book to deliver an in-depth look at the SonicWALL firewall product line. It covers all of the aspects of the SonicWALL product line from the SOHO devices to the Enterprise SonicWALL firewalls. Also covered are advanced troubleshooting techniques and the SonicWALL Security Manager. This book offers novice users a complete opportunity to learn the SonicWALL firewall appliance. Advanced users will find it a rich technical resource.

* First book to deliver an in-depth look at the SonicWALL firewall product line

* Covers all of the aspects of the SonicWALL product line from the SOHO devices to the Enterprise SonicWALL firewalls

* Includes advanced troubleshooting techniques and the SonicWALL Security Manager

Product Details

• Paperback: 600 pages
• Publisher: Syngress; 1 edition (July 7, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1597492507
• ISBN-13: 978-1597492508
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.1 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #472,770 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good with a few exceptions, June 26, 2006

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dallasswuser (plano, tx United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Configuring SonicWALL Firewalls (Paperback)

I've been using sonicwalls for the last 5 years. I was exited to see a sonicwall specific book that would take me past the help files and cds that come with the units themselves. At times, it does, and at others leaves you yearning for more.

For the record new users of sonicwalls will benifit from the use of this book - others, wanting to become Sonicwall guru's, will need something else.

For example it takes you step by step to set up a site to site vpn in SOnic OSe. Well covered. Hoever the section on the Sonicwall Global VPN client is pretty much the help file rewritten.

Also for those of you using the Sonic OS standard it eliminates that OS as a version worth using (which it is). So if you are not going to have multiple interfaces with different zones this book isn't for you.

Additionally it does not cover older versions of the sonicwall operating system. For those long time users of the sonicwall product line that need to figure out how to move from the older platform to the new this book is of no help. If are willing to to start with the new OS as a new user (willing to throw out "the way it worked before") and start over this book WILL help.

I was also looking for a 3rd part perspective that led to "tricks" with sonicwalls. Futhermore interoperability cases between Sonicwalls and other manufactureers models of differnt firmware versions would have been nice.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Probably shouldn't bother, January 24, 2008

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John Fountain (Ambler, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Configuring SonicWALL Firewalls (Paperback)

This book is pretty much worthless. Anyone with an ounce of experience configuring any type of network device with a web-based interface could have written it. It's not a book that explains cause and effect relationships of configuration options. Basically what it does is tell you what to click in order to enable or change the different options on the firewall. Example: "Click the check box next to the VPN Policy to enable it"... No kidding, I wouldn't have guessed that's how it works! Brilliant! This book is chock-full of great, insightful gems like that. Someone buying a book to learn how to configure a device like this needs practical examples and descriptions of what the options actually do, not hand-holding for basic interface paradigms.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Dated but useful info, April 14, 2008

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Action Danno "Action Dan" (OBX, NC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Configuring SonicWALL Firewalls (Paperback)

Basic book on Sonicwall products with an overview of their product line. This book needs an update as many new products have been released and are not listed. Many of the devices listed are now at end of life or nearing such status. Would Not recommend this book if you are interested in the new TZ190 line or the NSA product line as the book has nothing on these products!