Building Internet Firewalls Contributor(s): Zwicky, Elizabeth (Author), Cooper, Simon (Author), Chapman, D. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1565928717 ISBN-13: 9781565928718 Publisher: O'Reilly Media
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: August 2000 Annotation: The first edition explains how to design and install firewalls, and how to configure Internet services to work with a firewall. This second edition covers Linux and Windows NT, as well as Unix platforms, and a variety of new Internet services and protocols. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Computers | Security - Online Safety & Privacy - Computers | Security - General - Computers | Networking - General |
Dewey: 005.8 |
LCCN: 00039954 |
Physical Information: 1.69" H x 7.08" W x 9.08" L (3.23 lbs) 894 pages |
Features: Price on Product |
Review Citations: Scitech Book News 09/01/2000 pg. 133 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In the five years since the first edition of this classic book was published, Internet use has exploded. The commercial world has rushed headlong into doing business on the Web, often without integrating sound security technologies and policies into their products and methods. The security risks--and the need to protect both business and personal data--have never been greater. We've updated Building Internet Firewalls to address these newer risks. What kinds of security threats does the Internet pose? Some, like password attacks and the exploiting of known security holes, have been around since the early days of networking. And others, like the distributed denial of service attacks that crippled Yahoo, E-Bay, and other major e-commerce sites in early 2000, are in current headlines. Firewalls, critical components of today's computer networks, effectively protect a system from most Internet security threats. They keep damage on one part of the network--such as eavesdropping, a worm program, or file damage--from spreading to the rest of the network. Without firewalls, network security problems can rage out of control, dragging more and more systems down. Like the bestselling and highly respected first edition, Building Internet Firewalls, 2nd Edition, is a practical and detailed step-by-step guide to designing and installing firewalls and configuring Internet services to work with a firewall. Much expanded to include Linux and Windows coverage, the second edition describes:
The book's complete list of resources includes the location of many publicly available firewall construction tools. |
Contributor Bio(s): Cooper, Simon: - Simon Cooper is a computer professional currently working in Silicon Valley. He has worked in different computer-related fields ranging from hardware through operating systems and device drivers to application software and systems support in both commercial and educational environments. He has an interest in the activities of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and USENIX, is a member of the British Computer Conservation Society, and is a founding member of the Computer Museum History Center. Simon has released a small number of his own open source programs and has contributed time and code to the XFree86 project. In his spare time, Simon likes to play ice hockey, solve puzzles of a mathematical nature, and tinker with Linux. |
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