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Firewall Fundamentals
By Wes Noonan, Ido Dubrawsky
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Publisher: Cisco Press
Pub Date: June 02, 2006
Print ISBN-10: 1-58705-221-0
Print ISBN-13: 978-1-58705-221-7
Pages: 408

Table of Contents  | Index

		Copyright
		About the Authors
		About the Technical Reviewers
		Acknowledgments
		Icons Used in This Book
		Command Syntax Conventions
		Introduction
		Part I:  Introduction to Firewalls
			Chapter 1.  Introduction to Firewalls
				What Is a Firewall?
				What Can Firewalls Do?
				What Are the Threats?
				What Are the Motives?
				Security Policies
				Determining If You Need a Firewall
				Summary
			Chapter 2.  Firewall Basics
				Firewall Taxonomy
				Firewall Products
				Firewall Technologies
				Open and Closed Source Firewalls
				Summary
			Chapter 3.  TCP/IP for Firewalls
				Protocols, Services, and Applications
				Internet Protocol (IP)
				Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
				User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
				Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)
				Addressing in IP Networks
				Network Address Translation (NAT)
				Broadcast and Multicast
				IP Services
				IP Routing
				Applications Using IP
				Summary
		Part II:  How Firewalls Work
			Chapter 4.  Personal Firewalls: Windows Firewall and Trend Micro's PC-cillin
				Windows Firewall and Windows XP
				Trend Micro's PC-cillin Firewall Feature
				Summary
			Chapter 5.  Broadband Routers and Firewalls
				How Broadband Routers and Firewalls Work
				Linksys Broadband Routers/Firewalls
				Linksys Requirements
				How the Linksys Router/Firewall Works
				Configuring Linksys
				Linksys Checklist
				Summary
			Chapter 6.  Cisco PIX Firewall and ASA Security Appliance
				PIX/ASA Features
				Choosing Between the PIX and the ASA
				Cisco PIX Firewall and ASA Models
				How the PIX/ASA Firewall Works
				Configuring the Cisco PIX/ASA
				PIX/ASA Checklist
				Summary
			Chapter 7.  LinuxBased Firewalls
				NetFilter Features
				NetFilter Requirements
				How NetFilter Works
				Configuring NetFilter
				NetFilter Checklist
				Summary
			Chapter 8.  Application Proxy Firewalls
				Application Layer Filtering
				Proxy Server Functionality
				Limitations of Application Proxy Firewalls
				Microsoft ISA Server 2004 Firewall
				Summary
			Chapter 9.  Where Firewalls Fit in a Network
				Different Types of Office Requirements
				Single-Firewall Architectures
				Dual-Firewall Architecture
				The Firewall System
				Where Personal/Desktop Firewalls Fit in a Network
				Where Application Firewalls Fit in a Network
				Firewalls and VLANs
				Using Firewalls to Segment Internal Resources
				High-Availability Firewall Designs
				Summary
		Part III:  Managing and Maintaining Firewalls
			Chapter 10.  Firewall Security Policies
				Written Security Policies
				Firewall Policies/Rulesets
				Summary
			Chapter 11.  Managing Firewalls
				Default Passwords
				Maintaining the Underlying Platform
				Firewall Management Interface
				Management Access
				Common Firewall Management Tasks
				Summary
			Chapter 12.  What Is My Firewall Telling Me?
				Firewalls and Logging
				Firewall Log Review and Analysis
				Firewall Forensics
				Summary
			Chapter 13.  Troubleshooting Firewalls
				Developing a Troubleshooting Checklist
				Basic Firewall Troubleshooting
				Advanced Firewall Troubleshooting
				Troubleshooting Example
				Summary
			Chapter 14.  Going Beyond Basic Firewall Features
				Content Filtering
				Performing Application Filtering
				Intrusion Detection and Prevention
				Virtual Private Networks
				Summary
				Endnotes
		Part IV:  Appendixes
			Appendix A.  Firewall and Security Tools
				Common Troubleshooting Tools
				Logging and Log-Analysis Tools
				Security-Testing Tools
			Appendix B.  Firewall and Security Resources
				Firewall-Specific Information
				General Security Information
				Additional Reading
		Index