Essential Checkpoint Firewall 1: An Installation, Configuration and Trouble Shooting Guide - Softcover

Welch-Abernathy, Dameon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0201699508 ISBN 13: 9780201699500

Publisher: Addison Wesley, 2001

Synopsis

Check Point Firewall-1aA A is the world's leading firewall - but it's extremely difficult to find in-depth, independent guidance on using it effectively. In this book, the maintainer of the world's leading Firewall-1aA A FAQ brings together comprehensive, expert guidance on every aspect of working with Firewall-1aA A : planning, configuration, deployment, administration, tuning, and troubleshooting. In this book, Daemon Welch draws upon his extensive hands-on experience in teaching and implementing Firewall-1aA A in a wide variety of corporate environments. He begins with a practical overview of firewall security, and what a firewall can and can't do. Welch covers planning your Firewall-1aA A installation, building your "rulebase," configuring Firewall-1, logging and alerting, remote management, authentication and passwords, content security, network address translation (NAT), encryption, high availability, performance tuning, and much more. The book contains detailed coverage of VPNs, including client-to-firewall VPNs, the VPN-1 SecuRemote Secure Virtual Network Architecture, secure clients, and VPN troubleshooting.Along the way, Welch provides practical rules and checklists that can't be found anywhere else. For all computer security specialists, network/Web professionals, and system administrators, and for super-power users responsible for protecting computer systems against intrusion.

About this title

About the Author

Dameon D. Welch-Abernathy, a.k.a. "PhoneBoy," has been supporting, deploying, and teaching Check Point™ FireWall-1® since 1996. He has assisted and instructed thousands of network professionals and currently maintains the largest industry FAQ site on FireWall-1® NG at http://blog.phoneboy.com/. Dameon works for Product Line Support at Nokia.

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From the Back Cover

“Dameon’s knowledge of FireWall-1, which in many cases has surpassed the knowledge of Check Point’s own engineers, hasalways impressed me. This book is yet another proof of Dameon’sdeep understanding of FireWall-1’s internals as well as itsimplementation methodologies. I strongly recommend this book to anyFireWall-1 user who wishes to master the product.”
―Nir Zuk,CTO, OneSecure, Inc. Formerly, Principal Engineer at Check PointSoftware

“This book is a fabulous resource for running FireWall-1reliably and securely. It’s the single best source ofinformation I’ve ever seen on how to map security and businessrequirements into FW-1 rules and configurations. The hordes of sampleconfigurations are the best way to demonstrate the advice andexplanations in practice. If you’re using FireWall-1, you needthis book.”
―Tina Bird, Security Architect at CounterpaneInternetSecurity and moderator of the Virtual Private Networks mailinglist

“FireWall-1 is a critical security application, more widelyused than any other by far, that relies on proper configuration andusage to be effective. Dameon’s book can be counted as thedefinitive reference―required reading for anyone using CheckPoint’s FireWall-1 security software.”
―Kelly Robertson,Senior Sales Engineering Manager for Nokia InternetCommunications

Packed with practical, hands-on techniques, thisinsider’s guide explains how to build, implement, and maintainthe world’s best-selling firewall product, Check PointFireWall-1. Featuring tools, tips, and checklists not found in othersources, the book brings manageability, reliability, and efficiency totoday’s standalone or distributed networks.

Essential Check Point FireWall-1™ coversevery major feature of the product providing working solutions toreal-world situations. Filled with screen shots and sampleconfigurations, the book features step-by-step instructions that canbe replicated on standard equipment easily. Developed through years ofactual product support, this guidebook is an invaluable resource fornetwork professionals working on UNIX or Windows NT platforms.

Key coverage includes:

Firewall overview; planning,installation, and deployment of firewall security

Building arulebase and using the Policy Editor application

Logging andalerting

Managing multiple firewall modules from a singlemanagement console

Authentication and security issues

Addressingtranslation (NAT)―why it’s important and how it’sconfigured within FireWall-1

Encryption (site-to-site andclient-to-site Virtual Private Networks)

INSPECT―an overviewof the language at the heart of FireWall-1

Authoritative andpractical, this comprehensive guidebook provides real-world solutionsand techniques necessary for planning, installing, and deploying theworld’s leading firewall product.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Addison Wesley
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0201699508
• ISBN 13: 9780201699500
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 544