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Simply put, Cisco Secure PIX Firewalls fills a market need. No other book on the market covers Cisco firewall hardware to the extent this one does. Indeed, no other book covers the Cisco Secure PIX products exclusively. Regardless of whether you aspire to earn a Cisco security certification or take the Cisco Secure PIX Firewall Advanced (CSPFA) class for which this is the official textbook, you'll benefit from the authors' treatment of their subject. Relatively little of their work is straight documentation of commands and procedures, though there's enough of that to make this book a good reference. Much more attention goes to typical PIX engineering problems, which the authors use as a context for explaining the more mechanical aspects of IOS syntax and configuration files.
There's a fair amount of background information for each covered topic. In the chapter on IPSec, for example, you'll find definitions of key terms and concepts (like RSA signatures and the Diffie-Hellman protocol) and comments on the relative strengths of many of them. Once that's out of the way, the necessary configuration is presented as a series of tasks, many of which include procedures in which some steps involve hands-on work (doing something at the command line) and others center on decisions to be made and policies to be established. Tables of relevant commands, arguments, and options back the steps where they're appropriate. --David Wall
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).
Book Description
Reduce the threat of network attacks with an authorized self-study guide
One of the primary components of any organization's security policy is the implementation and maintenance of firewalls. Firewalls are network devices residing at the perimeter of corporate networks that protect internal networks from intrusion by the outside world. The integrated hardware/software PIX Firewall series delivers high security without impacting network performance while scaling to meet the entire range of customer requirements.
Based on the official instructor-led training course (Cisco Secure PIX Firewall Advanced-CSPFA), Cisco Secure PIX Firewalls teaches you the skills needed to describe, configure, verify, and manage the PIX Firewall product family and the Cisco IOS(r) Firewall feature set. Starting with a discussion of hacking methodologies and internal and external threats, this book opens by describing the Cisco Security Wheel, emphasizing network security as a continuous process. The authors then familiarize you with the characteristics of the various PIX models and examine upgrade tasks. This book covers basic installation details, as well as how to enable more advanced features and access control. In addition, this book details management and monitoring with PIX Syslog services and the PIX AAA subsystem. You also learn to configure the PIX Failover mechanism, IPSec on the PIX, and the Cisco IOS Firewall feature set. The appendixes provide helpful references, including configuring PIX intrusion detection features, SNMP management support, DHCP client and server, Secure Shell Protocol (SSH) connection, and dozens of security-related resources.
Whether you are preparing for the Cisco Security Specialist 1 certification or simply want to understand and make the most efficient use of PIX Firewalls, Cisco Secure PIX Firewalls provides you with a complete solution for planning, deploying, and managing PIX Firewall protected networks.
David W. Chapman Jr., CCNP(r), CCDP(r), CSS-1, is a Cisco Security Instructor with Global Knowledge. As Course Director for the Cisco Secure PIX Firewall course, David is charged with maintaining the integrity and quality of the course offering and mentoring instructors new to the course.
Andy Fox, CCSI(tm), CCNA(r), CCDA(r), CSS-1 is a Certified Cisco Systems Instructor with Global Knowledge. Andy has been teaching Cisco Certified Classes for more than five years and is the Course Director for the Managing Cisco Network Security course.
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