Sneak peek of book 'Self-Defending Networks: The Next Generation of Network Security'

This week's sneak peek of a Cisco Press book is a chapter from Self-Defending Networks: The Next Generation of Network Security by Duane De Capite.

Here's Cisco Press' description of the book:

Self-Defending Networks: The Next Generation of Network Security helps networking professionals understand how to deploy an end-to-end, integrated network security solution. It presents a clear view of the various components that can be used throughout the network to not only monitor traffic but to allow the network itself to become more proactive in preventing and mitigating network attacks. This security primer provides unique insight into the entire range of Cisco security solutions, showing what each element is capable of doing and how all of the pieces work together to form an end-to-end Self-Defending Network.

Go to the free chapter: Chapter 2: Mitigating Distributed Denial-of-Service Attacks

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