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"Topics covered: This book deals specifically with the Cisco Secure PIX 506, 515, 520, 525, and 535 units. With respect to those firewalls, the authors show how to configure address translation, accounting, logging, IPSec (virtual private networks--VPNs--particularly), authentication, and SNMP and DHCP services. This is comprehensive Cisco Secure PIX documentation for installers and administrators (and also for hackers, so pay attention)."

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Written by dameon Welch-Abernathy, 612-page volume describes installtion, configuration and trouble-shootng of FireWall-1 NG.

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"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."

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Ellen Messmer writes:When authors William Cheswick and Steven Bellovin came out with the first edition of "Firewalls and Internet Security" nearly a decade ago, it quickly became a classic in an era when roll-your-own homemade firewalls were quickly giving way to the first commercial firewall products.

In this second version of the book, the two authors are joined by Aviel Rubin for an updated look at firewalls, whether packet-filtering, application-layer or circuit-level gateways, plus much more. Tunneling and VPNs, Web services, intrusion detection, and a wide range of authentication mechanisms are topics tackled with relish in this firewall guide for the new millenium.

Can we hope  the Cheswick, Bellovin and Rubin team will be able to give us version 3.0 of their "fireside chat" in another ten years?

$34.99.

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"How to design networks' borders for maximum security, and how to monitor them for unauthorized activity. After an introduction to firewalls, packet filtering, and access lists, the authors explain how to set up routers, special-purpose firewalls, and general-purpose hosts with security in mind. A large section has to do with security-conscious design, both for green field projects and existing networks that need expansion or improvement."

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"Linux Firewalls is a how-to for the home Linux box, including the creating and debugging firewall rules for home LANs and network interfaces. For larger LAN users, Zeigler describes intrusion logging; configurations based on varying levels of trust; and the how, why, and when of reporting intrusions to network authorities." $34.99.

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Ellen Messmer writes: Authored by Nortel Networks' product specialists Matthew Syme and Philip Goldie, the book seeks to describe content-switching technologies, including server and firewall load balancing, SSL offload and Web cache re-direction, that can help accelerate business applications. Intended for technicans already familiar with some of the concepts, the books describes some commonly-encountered problems and possible remedies.

$49.99.

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Ellen Messmer writes: While this book feels a bit like hanging over the shoulder of a network administrator on a tough day installing desktop firewalls for a large company, you have to admire the sheer guts of the book's author, Lisa Yeo, a systems analyst with the Legislative Assembly office in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

That's because Yeo dares to speak out on what she perceives as the technical strengths and weaknesses of most of the major personal (desktop) firewalls on the market today. Which means if you want to know about these products from the likes of Internet Security Systems, ZoneLabs, Symantec, Network Associates, among others, you'd better buy this book in the next month or it may be out-of-date the way the market changes in the network business.

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"Comprehensive reference guide provides you with all the tools to construct firewalls on a Red Hat server that will lock out intruders and defend your network against attacks."

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"A managerial guide and practical technical tutorial, Securing Windows NT/2000: From Policies to Firewalls provides viable security solutions for your organization. The author presents in-depth knowledge on how, why, and where these operating systems must be tuned in order to use them securely to connect to the Internet. The book includes the steps required to define a corporate security policy, how to implement that policy, and how to structure the project plan." $34.97.

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This volume aims at providing an in-depth technical description of how firewalls and VPNs work rather than specific product analysis.

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