Firewalls: Jumpstart for Network and Systems Administrators

by John R. Vacca and Scott R Ellis

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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.
  • ISBN10 6611007083
  • ISBN13 9786611007089
  • Publish Date 1 January 2005 (first published 21 December 2004)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 1 August 2012
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Elsevier Science & Technology
  • Format eBook
  • Pages 448
  • Language English