作者：Dave Hucaby
出版日期：August 19, 2007
出版社：Cisco Press
页数：912
ISBN：ISBN-10: 1587054574 ISBN-13: 978-1587054570
文件格式：PDF

Product Description
Cisco ASA, PIX, and FWSM Firewall Handbook,Second Edition, is a guide for the most commonly implemented featuresof the popular Cisco® firewall security solutions. Fully updated tocover the latest firewall releases, this book helps you to quickly andeasily configure, integrate, and manage the entire suite of Ciscofirewall products, including ASA, PIX®, and the Catalyst® FirewallServices Module (FWSM).

Organized by families of features, thisbook helps you get up to speed quickly and efficiently on topics suchas file management, building connectivity, controlling access, firewallmanagement, increasing availability with failover, load balancing,logging, and verifying operation.

Sections are marked by shaded tabs forquick reference, and information on each feature is presented in aconcise format, with background, configuration, and example components.

Whether you are looking for an introductionto the latest ASA, PIX, and FWSM devices or a complete reference formaking the most out of your Cisco firewall deployments, Cisco ASA, PIX,and FWSM Firewall Handbook, Second Edition, helps you achieve maximumprotection of your network resources.

“Many books on network security andfirewalls settle for a discussion focused primarily on concepts andtheory. This book, however, goes well beyond these topics. It covers intremendous detail the information every network and securityadministrator needs to know when configuring and managingmarket-leading firewall products from Cisco.”
–Jason Nolet, Vice President of Engineering, Security Technology Group, Cisco

David Hucaby, CCIE® No. 4594, is a leadnetwork engineer for the University of Kentucky, where he works withhealth-care networks based on the Cisco Catalyst, ASA, FWSM, and VPNproduct lines. He was one of the beta reviewers of the ASA 8.0operating system software.

Learn about the various firewall models, user interfaces, feature sets, and configuration methodsUnderstand how a Cisco firewall inspects trafficConfigure firewall interfaces, routing, IP addressing services, and IP multicast supportMaintain security contexts and flash and configuration files, manage users, and monitor firewalls with SNMPAuthenticate, authorize, and maintain accounting records for firewall usersControl access through the firewall by implementing transparent androuted firewall modes, address translation, and traffic shunningDefine security policies that identify and act on various types of traffic with the Modular Policy FrameworkIncrease firewall availability with firewall failover operationUnderstand how firewall load balancing worksGenerate firewall activity logs and learn how to analyze the contents of the logVerify firewall operation and connectivity and observe data passing through a firewallConfigure Security Services Modules, such as the Content SecurityControl (CSC) module and the Advanced Inspection Processor (AIP) module
This security book is part of the CiscoPress® Networking Technology Series. Security titles from Cisco Presshelp networking professionals secure critical data and resources,prevent and mitigate network attacks, and build end-to-endself-defending networks.

Category: Networking: Security
Covers: Cisco ASA 8.0, PIX 6.3, and FWSM 3.2 version firewalls

$60.00 USA / $69.00 CAN
About the Author
David Hucaby, CCIE No. 4594,is a lead network engineer for the University of Kentucky, where heworks with health-care networks based on the Cisco Catalyst, ASA, FWSM,and VPN product lines. He was one of the beta reviewers of the ASA 8.0operating system software. He has a B.S. and M.S. in electricalengineering from the University of Kentucky. He is the author of threeother books from Cisco Press: CCNP BCMSN Official Exam Certification Guide, Cisco Field Manual: Router Configuration, and Cisco Field Manual: Catalyst Switch Configuration.

He lives in Kentucky with his wife, Marci, and two daughters.