On Wed, 16 Aug 2000, Paul Lussier wrote:
> O'Reilly has an excellent book on the subject, Building Internet
> Firewalls, which describes all types of firewall configurations; using
> both commercial products, homegrown solutions, and a mix. (Unfortunately
> is a little dated, since it doesn't include anything wrt Linux/*BSD, but
> the principles are the same.)
Not anymore! :-) O'Reilly has just released the new, updated, Second
Edition to _Building Internet Firewalls_ [1], which has been long-awaited by
me and many others. I haven't had a chance to check it out yet, but the cover
claims to cover (no pun intended) Linux now, and the online TOC [2] includes
mention of newer protocols for things like VPNs and multimedia, as well as
coverage of Linux and WinNT/2K. (For me to say exactly how much updating has
been done will have to wait until I get a chance to
read/buy/put-back-on-the-shelf the book.)
> This is all to get the middle-manager to accept the ridiculous price of
> this one box which is likely *way* out proportion with reality ...
Or, as is the case for at least one popular firewall vendor (WatchGuard),
actually *runs* Linux internally. Though I do have to say that I at least
like the concept of WatchGuard's "LiveSecurity" service. Most firewalls
aren't much more then an overpriced router, and once they've sold you the box,
you can go hang for all the vendor cares.
Footnotes
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[1] http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/fire2/
[2] http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/fire2/toc.html
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