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Author: Alexandre M.S.P. Moraes
ISBN : 1587141094
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Cisco Firewalls
Concepts, design and deployment for Cisco Stateful Firewall solutions
“ In this book, Alexandre proposes a totally different approach to the important subject of firewalls: Instead of just presenting configuration models, he uses a set of carefully crafted examples to illustrate the theory in action. A must read!” —Luc Billot, Security Consulting Engineer at Cisco
Cisco Firewalls thoroughly explains each of the leading Cisco firewall products, features, and solutions, and shows how they can add value to any network security design or operation. The author tightly links theory with practice, demonstrating how to integrate Cisco firewalls into highly secure, self-defending networks. Cisco Firewalls shows you how to deploy Cisco firewalls as an essential component of every network infrastructure. The book takes the unique approach of illustrating complex configuration concepts through step-by-step examples that demonstrate the theory in action. This is the first book with detailed coverage of firewalling Unified Communications systems, network virtualization architectures, and environments that include virtual machines. The author also presents indispensable information about integrating firewalls with other security elements such as IPS, VPNs, and load balancers; as well as a complete introduction to firewalling IPv6 networks. Cisco Firewalls will be an indispensable resource for engineers and architects designing and implementing firewalls; security administrators, operators, and support professionals; and anyone preparing for the CCNA Security, CCNP Security, or CCIE Security certification exams.
Alexandre Matos da Silva Pires de Moraes, CCIE No. 6063, has worked as a Systems Engineer for Cisco Brazil since 1998 in projects that involve not only Security and VPN technologies but also Routing Protocol and Campus Design, IP Multicast Routing, and MPLS Networks Design. He coordinated a team of Security engineers in Brazil and holds the CISSP, CCSP, and three CCIE certifications (Routing/Switching, Security, and Service Provider). A frequent speaker at Cisco Live, he holds a degree in electronic engineering from the Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica (ITA – Brazil).
· Create advanced security designs utilizing the entire Cisco firewall product family
· Choose the right firewalls based on your performance requirements
· Learn firewall configuration fundamentals and master the tools that provide insight about firewall operations
· Properly insert firewalls in your network’s topology using Layer 3 or Layer 2 connectivity
· Use Cisco firewalls as part of a robust, secure virtualization architecture
· Deploy Cisco ASA firewalls with or without NAT
· Take full advantage of the classic IOS firewall feature set (CBAC)
· Implement flexible security policies with the Zone Policy Firewall (ZPF)
· Strengthen stateful inspection with antispoofing, TCP normalization, connection limiting, and IP fragmentation handling
· Use application-layer inspection capabilities built into Cisco firewalls
· Inspect IP voice protocols, including SCCP, H.323, SIP, and MGCP
· Utilize identity to provide user-based stateful functionality
· Understand how multicast traffic is handled through firewalls
· Use firewalls to protect your IPv6 deployments
This security book is part of the Cisco Press Networking Technology Series. Security titles from Cisco Press help networking professionals secure critical data and resources, prevent and mitigate network attacks, and build end-to-end, self-defending networks.
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- Series: Networking Technology: Security
- Paperback: 912 pages
- Publisher: Cisco Press; 1 edition (June 16, 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1587141094
- ISBN-13: 978-1587141096
- Product Dimensions: 1.9 x 7.2 x 8.9 inches
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While reading the news on net-security.org, I found a review that I believe may be useful to other readers (it really reflects my impressions of the book):
[...] (by Zeljka Zorz).
"There used to be a time when firewalls were considered a full proof solution for protecting networks, and that time is long gone. History has taught us there are no silver bullets
when it comes to computer and information security, but firewalls are still a great and versatile tool in the hands of those who know how to use them effectively. "Cisco Firewalls"
will tell you how.
[...]
The theory behind this book is that the reader should learn what every firewall feature brings to the table so that he could make an informed and correct decision when dealing with his own firewall situation.
In order to do that, the author covers both ASA-centric and IOS-based firewall deployments, and addresses the motivations for the use of features of each of those two types clearly.
The chapter on additional protection mechanisms is very interesting, and so are those that deal with application inspection and that of voice protocols.
It's helpful to point out at this point that advanced users are welcome to skip through chapters, but others should stick to the order given to them by the author, since many of the chapter build on the knowledge introduced in the previous one(s).
The most important thing about this book is that the it's chock full of meaningful and handy examples. This is not a simple handbook - it aims at making the reader think for himself, and make the connection between theory and practice easy and natural.
If you are looking for a single reference on Cisco Firewalls that goes from design to deployment, this is the book for you.
It starts out with the basics of firewalling (the non-experts will appreciate), but gradually adds on new security aspects, with a lot of practical examples and configurations that provide a link with the theory. I didn't have a deep knowledge of Routing, Bridging, Multicast, VoIP or IPv6, but it was not a problem, as the author has included a good overview of those. The progression from example to example, chapter to chapter, is very logical and the book leads you from the basics to a very advanced level . Not a surprise since the author states that he has a passion for Mathematics.
Some chapters that deserve specific mention:
Chapter 4: Presents the tools that will be used in every chapter to illustrate the concepts
Chapter 5: Excellent introduction to IP Routing. Basic theory behind RIP, OSPF and EIGRP is covered. Not just a bunch of configuration commands.
Chapter 6: Network Virtualization is discussed at the architecture level with many of its typical components (VLANs, VRFs, virtual contexts) being assigned in very interesting use cases.
Chapter 8: ASA NAT (a difficult topic) is analyzed in detail. The way in which the author demonstrated the NAT precedence rules was very creative.
Chapter 9: Although CBAC is not anymore the recommend choice for IOS Firewalling, it is good to see it there. I still have some older routers that do not support ZFW.
Chapter 10: I like the way in which the building blocks of a Zone-based policy are put together. The examples are very instructive.
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