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Firewalls: Jumpstart for Network and Systems Administrators

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I fell into the category of "I know what a router is but I hope I never have to set one up." Our routers were handled by another talented memeber of our team. When she left, I gave it shot using some manuals we had from cisco and some other informatin passed down from project to project. Completely lost, I decided to start from the beginning. This text was just the ticket to get me started!

I have witnessed the proliferation of data networks over last fifteen years during which time
network security has grown to multi-million dollar business. I have taught and consulted on
design and implementation of network security.In today's corporate and SOHO network, secuirty
is extremely critical to protect and safeguard data. Firewall technology provides a defense
mechanism against unautorized access to data networks. This textbook provides a comprehensive
treatment of firewall from introduction to management and advanced configuration. The appendix
has a list of current firewall vendors that should be of extreme helpful to any reader. I would
highly recommend this text to anyone before they decide to purchase firewall to secure their network.

This book covers firewall implementation, configuration and maintenance with excellent references and examples. John Vacca starts with installation and setup and then moves into implementing and maintance. Along the way many real life experiences are used as examples. Before you start or before you do any updateing on your firewall be sure to read this book.

Having worked in the computer network/security field for the last 16 years, I found this book to contain most everything you need to have a working knowledge of firewalls. I would highly recommend this book to anyone that needs to come up to speed quickly and/or needs a refresher course. I find myself now to be in the later category but I wished this book had been written when I was first starting out as it would have saved me a ton of time.

This book is a must read for the I/T professional.
Years of professional expertise have been distilled into this well written and well organized security book. Highly recommended.

Firewalls by Vacca and Ellis begins with what firewalls are and what they can accomplish as well as the limititations of these systems. The book progresses with chapters on installing, configuring, testing as well as maintaining your firewall system. This text uses extensive examples and case studies as teaching tools to develop the skills required by anyone responsible for establishing and maintaining firewall technology whether they work for a corporation, law enforcement or government.

John Vacca has done it again! He shows experienced (intermediate to advanced) firewall security and law enforcement professionals how to analyze and conduct firewall security, and report the findings that will lead to incarceration of the perpetrators. Vacca also provides the fundamental knowledge you need to analyze risks to your system, and implement a workable firewall security policy that protects your information assets from potential intrusion, damage or theft. Through extensive hands-on examples (field and trial experiments) and case studies, you will gain the knowledge and skills required to master the deployment of firewall security systems to thwart potential attacks.

The book provided an in-depth, comprehensive review of firewalls. The easy to understand and well organized text took me through firewalls from A-Z. I would recommend it as a "must have" for anyone interested making a truly secure firewall for their network.

I highly recommend "Firewalls" by John Vacca. I found the book to be extremely helpfully in understanding the configuration and maintenance of firewalls as well as a great reference for the different types of security infrastructures that can be implemented using the technologies available today. "Firewalls" is an excellent knowledge base that I would recommend as a must read for anyone in the computer security and system administration fields.

This book is an excellent resource for network and system administrators. Firewalls are increasingly important to safeguard company intranets as well as home computers from malicious hackers. This book emphasizes the need to review the firewall traffic logs and constantly audit the firewall performance. It reminds us all of the methods required to maintain a safe computer network.