Essential Check Point Firewall-1™: An Installation, Configuration, and Troubleshooting Guide - Softcover

Welch-Abernathy, Dameon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0201699508 ISBN 13: 9780201699500

Verlag: Addison Wesley, 2001

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This guide explains how to build, implement, and maintain a firewall product. It covers major features of the product and provides solutions to real-world problems, offering step-by-step instructions, screen shots, and sample configurations. Coverage includes planning a firewall installation, logging and alerts, remote management, authentication, content security, and INSPECT, the language of Check Point's FireWall-1. The guide is useful for professionals working on UNIX or Windows NT platforms. The author has been teaching Check Point FireWall-1 since 1996. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Dameon D. Welch-Abernathy, a.k.a. "PhoneBoy," has been supporting, deploying, and teaching Check Point™ FireWall-1® since 1996. He has assisted and instructed thousands of network professionals and currently maintains the largest industry FAQ site on FireWall-1® NG at http://blog.phoneboy.com/. Dameon works for Product Line Support at Nokia.

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“Dameon’s knowledge of FireWall-1, which in many cases has surpassed the knowledge of Check Point’s own engineers, hasalways impressed me. This book is yet another proof of Dameon’sdeep understanding of FireWall-1’s internals as well as itsimplementation methodologies. I strongly recommend this book to anyFireWall-1 user who wishes to master the product.”
―Nir Zuk,CTO, OneSecure, Inc. Formerly, Principal Engineer at Check PointSoftware

“This book is a fabulous resource for running FireWall-1reliably and securely. It’s the single best source ofinformation I’ve ever seen on how to map security and businessrequirements into FW-1 rules and configurations. The hordes of sampleconfigurations are the best way to demonstrate the advice andexplanations in practice. If you’re using FireWall-1, you needthis book.”
―Tina Bird, Security Architect at CounterpaneInternetSecurity and moderator of the Virtual Private Networks mailinglist

“FireWall-1 is a critical security application, more widelyused than any other by far, that relies on proper configuration andusage to be effective. Dameon’s book can be counted as thedefinitive reference―required reading for anyone using CheckPoint’s FireWall-1 security software.”
―Kelly Robertson,Senior Sales Engineering Manager for Nokia InternetCommunications

Packed with practical, hands-on techniques, thisinsider’s guide explains how to build, implement, and maintainthe world’s best-selling firewall product, Check PointFireWall-1. Featuring tools, tips, and checklists not found in othersources, the book brings manageability, reliability, and efficiency totoday’s standalone or distributed networks.

Essential Check Point FireWall-1™ coversevery major feature of the product providing working solutions toreal-world situations. Filled with screen shots and sampleconfigurations, the book features step-by-step instructions that canbe replicated on standard equipment easily. Developed through years ofactual product support, this guidebook is an invaluable resource fornetwork professionals working on UNIX or Windows NT platforms.

Key coverage includes:

Firewall overview; planning,installation, and deployment of firewall security

Building arulebase and using the Policy Editor application

Logging andalerting

Managing multiple firewall modules from a singlemanagement console

Authentication and security issues

Addressingtranslation (NAT)―why it’s important and how it’sconfigured within FireWall-1

Encryption (site-to-site andclient-to-site Virtual Private Networks)

INSPECT―an overviewof the language at the heart of FireWall-1

Authoritative andpractical, this comprehensive guidebook provides real-world solutionsand techniques necessary for planning, installing, and deploying theworld’s leading firewall product.

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Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Addison Wesley
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2001
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0201699508
• ISBN 13: 9780201699500
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 544
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Nicht verfügbar