Firewall Policies and VPN Configurations

✍ Scribed by Syngress, Dale Liu, Stephanie Miller, Mark Lucas, Abhishek Singh, Jennifer Davis

• Publisher: Syngress
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 476
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

A firewall is as good as its policies and the security of its VPN connections. The latest generation of firewalls offers a dizzying array of powerful options; they key to success is to write concise policies that provide the appropriate level of access while maximizing security.

This book covers the leading firewall products: Cisco PIX, Check Point NGX, Microsoft ISA Server, Juniper's NetScreen Firewall, and SonicWall. It describes in plain English what features can be controlled by a policy, and walks the reader through the steps for writing the policy to fit the objective. Because of their vulnerability and their complexity, VPN policies are covered in more depth with numerous tips for troubleshooting remote connections.

· The only book that focuses on creating policies that apply to multiple products.
· Included is a bonus chapter on using Ethereal, the most popular protocol analyzer, to monitor and analyze network traffic.
· Shows what features can be controlled by a policy, and walks you through the steps for writing the policy to fit the objective at hand

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Acknowledgments, Page v
Technical Editor, Page vii
Contributing Authors, Pages vii-xi
Chapter 1 - Network Security Policy, Pages 3-45
Chapter 2 - Using Your Policies to Create Firewall and VPN Configurations, Pages 47-70
Chapter 3 - Defining a Firewall, Pages 73-122
Chapter 4 - Deciding on a Firewall, Pages 123-207
Chapter 5 - Defining a VPN, Pages 211-265
Chapter 6 - Deciding on a VPN, Pages 267-304
Chapter 7 - IT Infrastructure Security Plan, Pages 307-383
Chapter 8 - Case Study: SOHO (Five Computers, Printer, Servers, etc.), Pages 385-408
Chapter 9 - Medium Business (<2000 People), Pages 409-463
Index, Pages 465-482