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Firewalls 24seven™ |
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February 2002, 2nd Edition
576 pages, Softcover
ISBN: 0-7821-4054-8
Published by Sybex
List Price:US $49.99 | Can $79.95 | UK £37.99
Level: Intermediate/Advanced
Type: Reference available
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Book Description
For experienced network administrators. This updated edition of Firewalls
24seven is the book that you and other network administrators
have been waiting for. Starting where other books and training courses
end and the real world begins, it provides advanced information
on today's most effective security technologies and techniques.
Written to build on the knowledge you already have. Inside,
two network security experts deliver the targeted instruction and
inside tips you need to maintain and improve your network's security.
Coverage includes:
Hackers and their motivations
Encryption and VPN theory and techniques
TCP/IP and packet filtering Proxy services
Network Address Translation
Firewall configuration
Detecting network intrusions
Tuning Linux to act as a firewall
Tuning Windows NT or 2000 to act as a firewall
Features and benefits of Windows-based firewalls
Features and benefits of UNIX-based firewalls
Features and benefits of device-based firewalls
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Pre Review
We found the structure of the book in line with the quality it should
have.
Printing mistakes were not found. The descriptive displays of methodologies
were well set up.
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| Rating Areas |
Rating |
| Quality of Information |
A |
| Easiness of understanding |
AB |
| Learning success, close to reality |
A |
| Cover Design and Layout |
B |
| Quality for Money value |
A |
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Final Review
This book is the right book working with firewalls needing to be up
to date.
This book does not only teach you about firewalls - it also teaches
you the details of network security. Firewalls 24seven helps
you set up your own firewall from really small (386DX) to huge
networks. Strebe & Perkins have set up some of the best case studies.
They give accounts of their own experiences.
This is a great introductory book:
It shows you how to set up and use the most popular firewalls around,
and gives you excellent security tips.
This makes me think about an article planned
at MCSE Magazine. This will be about ISA Server and how to understand
the new plattform. Proxy server 2.0 wasn't excactly as a firewall
intended. Therefore it was necessary to develop a new plattform able
to fit into the .NET ideology.
Firewalls 24seven is not just about theory, but it is about
the things you will encounter as firewall guru. If you are a newly
appointed security IT engineer this book is a must!
Introduction
Part 1 The Internet
Chapter 1 Understanding Firewalls
Chapter 2 Hackers
Chapter 3 TCP/IP from a Security Viewpoint
Chapter 4 Sockets and Services from a Security Point of View
Chapter 5 Encryption Part 2 Firewall Technology
Chapter 6 Packet Filtering
Chapter 7 Network Address Translation Chapter 8 Application-Level
Proxies
Chapter 9 Virtual Private Networks
Chapter 10 The Ideal Firewall
Chapter 11 Configuring a Real Firewall
Part 3 Additional Security Tools
Chapter 12 Attack Profiles
Chapter 13 Security Utilities
Chapter 14 Intrusion Detection
Part 4 Operating Systems as Firewalls
Chapter 15 Windows as a Firewall
Chapter 16 Open Source Firewalls
Part 5 Commercial Firewalls
Chapter 17 Windows Firewalls
Chapter 18 Unix Firewalls
Chapter 19 Device and Specialty Firewalls Index
Matthew Strebe is the Chief Technology Officer of Consulting
Network Integration Corporation (Connetic), an IT services company
located in San Diego, CA.
He has nearly twenty years of experience in hacking, military
security, and computer security applications.
He and Mr. Perkins were members of the same hacking cabal in
high school.
Charles Perkins is a Senior Network Systems Analyst at Connetic and
the author of numerous books on Windows NT and security.
Before joining Connetic, he was the Director of Computing Systems
at the University of Utah College of Law, where he routinely
dealt with Internet security threats from both inside and outside
his domain.
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Result |
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It is time for you to work on a new area to you? Then take this deep
going book and enjoy the risk!
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