Firewalls 24seven, 2/e

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

Contents

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