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Overview
Cisco Security Bible joins 2 hot topics — security and Cisco — in one comprehensive volume on installing, configuring, operating and managing the popular and effective Cisco network security products.
Synopsis
Offers guidance on installing and operating Cisco network security products and Cisco IOS security features, particularly the IOS firewall and the PIX firewall for enterprise networks. The guide overviews the forms of network security threats and how to secure a network with access control lists and perimeter routers before providing specific details about firewalls. It then presents authentication, authorization, and accounting methods, the role of virtual private networks, and pre-shared keys and RSA-encryption nonces for configuring the IPSec protocol suite. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Editorials
From Barnes & Noble
The Barnes & Noble ReviewWhen you consider what netadmins and security professionals are up against, it almost sounds hopeless. The Internet makes it possible to attack your network from virtually anywhere, using any of billions of devices. Worst of all, some 90 percent of security attacks come from inside the organization. How're you going to overcome all that?
Increasingly, the best defenses come from the folks who probably helped you build your infrastructure: Cisco. Now there's a single resource for learning about all of them: Cisco Security Bible. The authors begin with essential techniques like Access Control Lists, which offer more flexibility and capability than many netadmins realize. For instance, you'll find detailed coverage of reflexive access lists, which filter IP packets based on upper-layer session information, and provide important security against spoofing and some DOS attacks.)
You'll walk through deploying and configuring the Cisco PIX firewall, configuring your network access server for AAA security, and securing your VPN using IPSec and Cisco Secure VPN clients. Next, the authors review a laundry list of Cisco security products, new and old, including CiscoWorks 2000 ACL, Cisco PIX Firewall Manager, and Cisco Secure Policy Manager, to name a few. If you're trying to secure a Cisco network, this book helps you even the odds. (Bill Camarda)
Bill Camarda is a consultant, writer, and web/multimedia content developer with nearly 20 years' experience in helping technology companies deploy and market advanced software, computing, and networking products and services. He served for nearly ten years as vice president of a New Jerseybased marketing company, where he supervised a wide range of graphics and web design projects. His 15 books include Special Edition Using Word 2000 and Upgrading & Fixing Networks For Dummies®, Second Edition.