Internet Firewalls and Network Security [Paperback]

Karanjit Siyan (Author), Chris Hare (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1995

This text shows how security is implemented in the computer world, and the ways in which those checkpoints can be side-stepped by trespassers intent on doing harm. It also shows ways of cutting your losses, catching hackers and limiting their access.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Internet Firewalls and Network Security succeeds precisely because of its restricted focus: half of this book is devoted to firewalls and packet filters. After a comprehensive introduction to the architecture and theory of firewalls, the guide documents several commercial and noncommercial packages, including a shareware product included on the bundled CD-ROM.

One of the book's highlights is a fine chapter on defining a network policy. Coauthor Chris Hare is a contributor to SysAdmin magazine, and it shows. This section feels like it was written for real-world network administrators, whether beginning or experienced. There are some weaker points, including an introduction to TCP/IP and Unix basics with too many details for the beginner and too few for the expert. But these flaws are more than offset by the depth of information you'll find on the book's core subjects.

From Library Journal

To some, a firewall is the alpha and omega of computing security. Running a computer to filter and protect your network will guard you from many dangers, they claim. To others, a firewall is just one more challenge to overcome in finding electronic jewels on servers and other machines in an organization. In two parts and several appendixes, Siyan and Hare examine the basic problems in networking and the specific means to filter traffic and deter security troubles. First, they discuss TCP/IP, networking, and network policy. Second, they examine screening routers and packet filters with plenty of helpful illustrations. While they do not offer detailed coverage of the broad range of topics found in Network Security because they tackle just one subset of the security spectrum, Siyan and Hare have done an admirable job in making that complicated topic understandable.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 410 pages
• Publisher: New Riders Pub (January 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1562054376
• ISBN-13: 978-1562054373
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,728,388 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Best suited for an intermediate network administrator., April 5, 1998

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This review is from: Internet Firewalls and Network Security (Paperback)

If you have already read TCP/IP Illustrated Vol 1, don't waste your time with this book. It had a useful chapter about access lists on Ciscos, but other than that I found it to be a very long (410 pages) of review material.

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent. Very interesting view about firewalls., August 1, 1997

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This review is from: Internet Firewalls and Network Security (Paperback)

This book achieves a high level of coverage of Firewall architectures and security in general. Excellent explanation of the TCP-IP protocol