Firewalls: The Complete Reference [Paperback]

Keith Strassberg (Author), Gary Rollie (Author), Richard Gondek (Author)

Book Description

Series: Complete Reference | Publication Date: May 28, 2002

This comprehensive overview of firewalls and their technologies provides all the information needed to install and maintain firewalls - from theory to installation and from deployment to troubleshooting.

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The Most Comprehensive Firewalls Resource Available

Get in-depth, objective advice on installing and configuring today's most popular firewalls including Check Point^TM Firewall-1® 4.1 and NG, Cisco® PIX, Microsoft® ISA Server, NetScreen^TM, SonicWall and Symantec^TM --and learn strategies for successful network design and firewall placement. Gain insight into common methods for attacking firewalls--including software bugs, viruses, and misconfigurations. Learn firewall best practices and how to improve the overall security of your firewall installation. This multipurpose guide contains all the implementation and administration information you need to keep your network safe from unauthorized access.

• Restrict access to your network without compromising usability and functionality
• Understand the strengths and limitations of firewall technology
• Get in-depth explanations of network and port address translation, VPNs, authentication, virus protection, content filtering, and more
• Learn about the various architectures available today--application and circuit-level gateways, packet filters, and stateful packet inspection engines
• Find out how hackers commonly go about breaking into a network
• Get details on platforms and features for key products from Check Point^TM, Cisco®, Symantec^TM, Microsoft®, and others
• Manage your firewall installation using built-in tools, objects, and services
• Supplement your firewall system by implementing human controls such as education and log monitoring
• Understand the details of implementing the Cisco Secure Policy Manager
• Learn the latest on Check Point NG Firewall-1, Cisco^TM IOS Firewall Feature Set, and Linux IP Tables

About the Author

Keith Strassberg, CPA, CISSP, is an experienced information systems security consultant. With Greenwich Technology Partners since 1999, Keith assists numerous clients in developing risk assessment methodologies and information classification systems. Gary Rollie, MSCE, CCNA,CCNP, is a senior performance engineer with Greenwich Technology Partners. Gary’s strengths are in LAN/WAN, Web Server, Application Server, SQL Server, Oracle Server technologies including infrastructure design, integration, implementation, performance testing, and problem resolution. Richard J. Gondek, CCIE, CISSP, is a security and internetworking consultant with expertise in large scale network design, perimeter systems and network hardening, and emerging technologies (such as network traffic management and local and wide area wireless networking). He joined Greenwich Technology Partners in 1999.

Product Details

• Paperback: 960 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media; 1st edition (May 28, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0072195673
• ISBN-13: 978-0072195675
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,119,060 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Overview of Firewalls, June 16, 2004

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This review is from: Firewalls: The Complete Reference (Paperback)

One for the IT Depts shelf and multiple copies please as it will be sure to vanish. Excellent disection of Firewalls in general with many good working examples. Needs updating to take account of new products but many found in here are still the mainstay of companies day in and out today. Recommended 5 Stars.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An IT department's dream, July 23, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Firewalls: The Complete Reference (Paperback)

This reference manual provides a clear and easy to use comprehensive guide to the various products on the market, and the advantages of each with respect to the platforms on which we operate our systems. Since heading up my company's IT department I have been looking for a resource like this to answer all of my questions regarding the installation and structure of firewalls.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Must Have Reference, June 12, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Firewalls: The Complete Reference (Paperback)

This is the most complete collection of all the major firewalls that I have ever seen. The book is a must have on any system administrators desk. It covers Checkpoint, Symantec Raptor, Pix, IP Chain, NetScreen, and many more. Along with useful scenarios in an easy to follow format. As well as a great section on hacking and how to prevent it.

Best [money]I have spent in a long time.