Checkpoint Next Generation Security Administration - Softcover

Syngress

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1928994741 ISBN 13: 9781928994749

Publisher: Syngress, 2002

Synopsis

Unparalleled security management that IT professionals have been waiting for.
Check Point Software Technologies is the worldwide leader in securing the Internet. The company's Secure Virtual Network (SVN) architecture provides the infrastructure that enables secure and reliable Internet communications. CheckPoint recently announced a ground-breaking user interface that meets the computer industry's Internet security requirements. The Next Generation User Interface is easy to use and offers unparalleled security management capabilities by creating a visual picture of security operations.
CheckPoint Next Generation Security Administration will be a comprehensive reference to CheckPoint's newest suite of products and will contain coverage of: Next Generation User Interface, Next Generation Management, Next Generation Performance, Next Generation VPN Clients, and Next Generation Systems.
CheckPoint are a company to watch, they have captured over 50% of the VPN market and over 40% of the firewall market according to IDC Research
Over 29,000 IT professionals are CheckPont Certified
This is the first book to covers all components of CheckPoint's new suite of market-leading security products - it will be in demand!

About this title

Review

Check Point NG aims to teach its readers how to install and set up VPN-1/FireWall-1 Next Generation, the latest version of the highly respected firewall software from Check Point. Its authors--all with significant network and security certifications--accomplish their objective: It seems likely that this book will travel with a lot of Check Point consultants, and stand ready on the shelves of many organisations' network security specialists.

The book has plenty of unadorned how-to procedures that get straight to the point, and enough background information to help you make good designs and troubleshoot problems. The Syngress style--which incorporates a carefully considered list of questions and answers at the end of each chapter--suits this subject well. It's easy to locate sections of interest, or to scan straight through and accumulate knowledge.

Your security requirements are unique, of course, but the authors do a good job of explaining how to satisfy common requirements and implement variations upon them. For example, they show how to configure Network Address Translation (NAT) in a general way, then--in a Q&A section--show how to combine sequentially numbered networks into a single network object for easy administration of rules. This is documentation worth having. --David Wall

Topics covered: Installation of VPN-1/FireWall-1, and setup via the graphical user interface. There's deep coverage of security policies, naturally, and of user authentication, content filtering, Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), and Network Address Translation (NAT). The specifics of configuring for various protocols--including RPC and LDAP--are covered well.

Synopsis

Check Point NGX R65 is the next major release of Check Point's flagship firewall software product. Check Point's NGX is the underlying security software platform for all of the company's enterprise firewall, VPN, and management solutions. It enables enterprises of all sizes to reduce the cost and complexity of security management and ensure that their security systems can be easily extended to adapt to new and emerging threats. This title is a continuation of Syngress's best-selling references on Check Points market leading firewall and VPN products.This book helps you: Understand NGX R65 Operational Changes: SVN Architecture, new VPN-1 features, additional features, and VPN-1 Power VSX; deploy SmartClients and SmartManagement: SmartDashboard, SmartMap, SmartView Tracker, SmartView Monitor, SmartUpdate, SmartLSM, Secure Client Packaging Tool, Management Plug-Ins, and Check Point Configuration/cpconfig; and, drive the management portal: A tour of the Dashboard, whats new in SmartDashboard NGX, your first security policy, other useful controls on the Dashboard, managing Connectra and Interspect Gateways, and Smart Portal.It helps: Master Advanced Authentication: Authentication Overview, Users and Administrators, SmartDirectory, User Authentication, Session Authentication, and Client Authentication; use Advanced VPN Concepts for Tunnel Monitoring: Encryption Overview, VPN Communities, Policy-Based VPN, and Route-Based VPN; configure Advanced VPN Client Installations: SecuRemote, Secure Client, Office Mode, Visitor Mode, Windows L2TP Integration, SSL Network Extender, Backup Gateways, and Multiple Entry Point VPNs; deploy and configure SmartDefense: Network Security, Application Intelligence, and Web Intelligence; get inside secure platform: Installation, Configuration, Secure Platform Shell, and Secure Shell; and, learn Advanced Troubleshooting Techniques: NGX Debugging, Packet Analysis, Log Troubleshooting, VPN Analysis, VPN Client Analysis, and ClusterXL Troubleshooting.

Edition details

• Publisher: Syngress
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1928994741
• ISBN 13: 9781928994749
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 800