The Best Damn Firewall Book Period [Illustrated] [Paperback]

Cherie Amon (Author), Thomas W. Shinder (Author), Anne Carasik-Henmi (Author)

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Book Description

A complete guide to "everything firewall." --This text refers to the Digital edition.

Product Description

This book is essential reading for anyone wanting to protect Internet-connected computers from unauthorized access. Coverage includes TCP/IP, setting up firewalls, testing and maintaining firewalls, and much more. All of the major important firewall products are covered including Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server (ISA), ISS BlackICE, Symantec Firewall, Check Point NG, and PIX Firewall. Firewall configuration strategies and techniques are covered in depth.

The book answers questions about firewalls, from How do I make Web/HTTP work through my firewall? To What is a DMZ, and why do I want one? And What are some common attacks, and how can I protect my system against them?

The Internet's explosive growth over the last decade has forced IT professionals to work even harder to secure the private networks connected to it-from erecting firewalls that keep out malicious intruders to building virtual private networks (VPNs) that permit protected, fully encrypted communications over the Internet's vulnerable public infrastructure.

The Best Damn Firewalls Book Period covers the most popular Firewall products, from Cisco's PIX Firewall to Microsoft's ISA Server to CheckPoint NG, and all the components of an effective firewall set up.

Anything needed to protect the perimeter of a network can be found in this book.

- This book is all encompassing, covering general Firewall issues and protocols, as well as specific products.
- Anyone studying for a security specific certification, such as SANS' GIAC Certified Firewall Analyst (GCFW) will find this book an invaluable resource.
- The only book to cover all major firewall products from A to Z: CheckPoint, ISA Server, Symatec, BlackICE, PIX Firewall and Nokia.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 1360 pages
• Publisher: Syngress; 1 edition (June 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1931836906
• ISBN-13: 978-1931836906
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 8 x 2.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,342,995 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars HOLY COW!, October 24, 2003

By	Brian Downey (Dallas, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Best Damn Firewall Book Period (Paperback)

I bought this book because in my job I have to do a lot of installations, configuration, troubleshooting, etc with the various firewalls--and becuase I thought the title was pretty funny. My book came in last week, and I've bee reading it ever since and I have to say it's AMAZING. The things is 1300 pages long and must weigh 5 pounds. It covers PIX, Check Point, ISA, Nokia better than most books just on those things. It's literally like getting 5 or 6 books in one. One of the things I really like about it is that it's much wider than most books, so you can actually lay it open flat and refer to it while doing your configs. I'm studying now for my CCSA also, and this will certainly help with that also. Thanks!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Enough, April 22, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: The Best Damn Firewall Book Period (Paperback)

This book will help you with basic and intermediate setups of certain firewalls. Of all the commercial firewalls out there, it allows you to look good in front of clients with various types. However to become advanced, I suggest FW speccific bppks.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars good vendor coverage, October 28, 2004

By	W Boudville (Terra, Sol 3) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE)    (TOP 10 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Best Damn Firewall Book Period (Paperback)

I had no idea a book on firewalls could be this big! The authors have striven to write a definitive Handbook (in the German sense of the word). It spans every major implementation, circa 2003 - Cisco, Nokia, Solairs, linux,... Which explains a substantial part of the heft. The firewall market has these major platforms, and there is enough detail on each for you to be able to install and run it.

But the book is more than a set of disparate sections on each vendor. More broadly, it goes into the theory of Intrusion Detection Systems and the common ideas behind most firewalls. You should note that the IDS topic alone is considered sufficiently important by others to have books devoted to it. The level of detail in this book about IDS is not the most comprehensive. But you'll get the gist.

So within the covers of this book, you are getting a broad scope of product information and theory. Even if the book's title is somewhat strident.