Customer Reviews

Hardening Cisco Routers (O'Reilly Networking)

5 star:		(11)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

This book is concise and well written. It covers most, if not all of the areas involved in locking down Cisco routers. And it does so in clearly defined chapters, making it very easy to navigate as a reference. In addition, each topic is accompanied by clear configuration examples.
I also found it very complete. Even covering information which I haven't yet come across in the various NSA guides and Cisco texts on the subject. As someone already mentioned, you'll no longer need to trawl the web and other sources for this info; Thomas Akin and O'Reilly's have done the hard work for you.

This book is nothing short of a goldmine. I have read many infosec books, including plenty of Cisco security books, and this one packs twice as much quality information with twice as many topics in a tenth of the space. This one is cut in dry. The layout is perfect. The topic is stated, followed by the vulnerability and then the fix. A network admin's dream, without all of the filler.

Intended audiences: network administrators, security advisors/auditors, system architects.

This book is, pound for pound, among the best in my technical library.

Having almost no previous knowledge in router hardening (although I was aware of the basics of Cisco routers) a few hours with this book enabled me to review the "hardening" plan submitted by a highly paid security consultant, and provide useful comments on improving the proposal.

No doubt this book is the beginning, not the end, of my education on this subject. But this fine book got me off to a quick and productive start, which is high praise when compared to what could be said about so many other technical titles. Highly recommended.

This book is a huge *must* for anyone who works with Cisco routers. I got it because as a network admin I needed a checklist on securing our routers. Showed it to our InfoSec director and he ordered all our routers nationwide to be secured according to the book's checklists!

Although the content of the book can be found in the Cisco web site, but why bother digging the web site for it?

Thomas Akin did a great job by providing all the basics (and more) that we should do to hardened Cisco Routers before putting it in a production network specially those routers providing internet access to users.

Danilo Castro Dy
MCP+I, MCSE, CCNP

As a professional, I feel the ratings on these books can be very important. In the case of the reviewer Ron C., who doesn't really have a use for the book, should not give books a low rating because the information isn't useful to him but recommends it highly for someone who is interested in the topic. I do need the information in this book and it is an excellent book with pertinent information.

This is not a Cisco Security Book. BUT it is a book on how to make your Internet Routers virtually hack/crack proof. Great information on ACL's and gaping security holes that are open on default installs it makes you think.

No nonsense. No mucking around. Here's the problem, here's the solution. Have to say though, you probably wont find anything new to you inside this book; but its dead handy for checking you've covered most of your bases (then you'll write a common config script and probably never look at it again!! :) )

It's nice to have all of this information in one place. A lot of it is available elesewhere but not all. The checklists are nice. But there's not so much to it. It doesn't cover any common hacks or vulnerabilities and is quite redundant to fill out the pages.

If you are just getting into router security, or just need a reference, this is the book for you. It is filled with useful information which can be quickly utilized and can pay off with huge benefits.