- 448 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
About This Book
In this book, you will gain extensive hands-on experience installing and configuring a firewall. You will also learn how to allow access to key Web services while maintaining your organization's security, as well as how to implement firewall-to-firewall virtual private networks (VPNs). You will learn how to build a firewall to protect your network; provide access to HTTP and FTP services on the Internet, and implement publicly accessible servers without compromising security. Furthermore, throughout the book, extensive hands-on examples provide you with practical experience in establishing security with firewalls. Examples include, but are not limited to: Installing and configuring Check Point FireWall-1; scanning to validate configuration using ISS Internet Scanner; configuring the firewall to support simple and complex Web services; setting up a packet filtering router; enhancing firewall configurations to support split-DNS; authenticating remote users; and protecting browsers and servers with a proxy-based firewall.¡Install and configure proxy-based and stateful-filtering firewalls
¡Protect internal IP addresses with NAT and deploy a secure DNS architecture
¡Develop an Internet/intranet security policy to protect your organization's systems and data
¡Reduce your susceptibility to an attack by deploying firewalls, data encryption and decryption and other countermeasures
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Firewalls Jumpstart for Network and Systems Administrators
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Acknowledgments
- Section I: Overview of Firewall Technology
- Section II: Firewall Topologies
- Section III: Firewall Installation and Configuration
- Section IV: Supporting Outgoing Services Through Firewall Configuration
- Section V: Secure External Services Provision
- Section VI: Internal IP Services Protection
- Section VII: Firewall Remote Access Configuration
- Section VIII: Firewall Management
- Section IX: Appendixes
- Glossary
- Index