Configuring Net: Screen Firewalls

✍ Scribed by Rob Cameron, Christopher Cantrell, Dave Killion, Kevin Russell and Kenneth Tam (Auth.)

• Publisher: Syngress
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 704
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The first book on the market covering the #2 best-selling firewall appliances in the world from NetScreen. This book continues Syngress' history from ISA Server to Check Point to Cisco Pix of being first to market with best-selling firewall books for security professionals.

Configuring NetScreen Firewalls is the first book to deliver an in-depth look at the NetScreen firewall product line. It covers all of the aspects of the NetScreen product line from the SOHO devices to the Enterprise NetScreen firewalls. Also covered are advanced troubleshooting techniques and the NetScreen Security Manager. This book offers novice users a complete opportunity to learn the NetScreen firewall appliance. Advanced users will find it a rich technical resource.

NetScreen is the #2 best-selling firewall appliance in the world (behind only Cisco PIX) and there are no competing books.

Covers the materials found on the NetScreen NCSA 5.0 exam.

* Syngress firewall books are consistent best-sellers with market-leading books on ISA Server, Cisco PIX, and Check Point Next Generation

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Acknowledgments, Page v
Lead Author, Page vii
Technical Editors, Pages vii-viii
Contributing Authors, Pages viii-xi
Foreword, Pages xxxi-xxxii
Chapter 1 - Networking, Security, and the Firewall, Pages 1-53
Chapter 2 - Dissecting the NetScreen Firewall, Pages 55-95
Chapter 3 - Deploying NetScreen Firewalls, Pages 97-173
Chapter 4 - Policy Configuration, Pages 175-212
Chapter 5 - Advanced Policy Configuration, Pages 213-253
Chapter 6 - User Authentication, Pages 255-283
Chapter 7 - Routing, Pages 285-316
Chapter 8 - Address Translation, Pages 317-351
Chapter 9 - Transparent Mode, Pages 353-378
Chapter 10 - Attack Detection and Defense, Pages 379-438
Chapter 11 - VPN Theory and Usage, Pages 439-474
Chapter 12 - Virtual Systems, Pages 475-493
Chapter 13 - High Availability, Pages 495-600
Chapter 14 - Troubleshooting the NetScreen Firewall, Pages 601-626
Chapter 15 - Enterprise NetScreen Management, Pages 627-673
Appendix - ScreenOS 5.1.0 Enhancements and New Features, Pages 675-686
Index, Pages 687-702