Inside Network Perimeter Security

Great book that helps refresh the knowledge as well as bridge the knowledge gap. There are some areas that might be slightly outdated but the principles are still sound.

This book arrived in the time stated in good condition and was ready to use . The seller did a very good job of as I truly needed this book this week it help answer a lot of questions.

This book has lots of good security insights, definately an intermediate level book 300-400 level. It arrived well packaged and covers the topics I hoped it would without being a "cert" book, like the awful cisco books.

This book isn't bad, but it's a textbook so it can be a bit boring. I needed it for class and I did read through it. Good book but not very interesting.

Needed it for class. This book uses Cisco syntax. It's a decent reference, although it's easier to find information on an internet search. This book is not organized that well and has poorly named titles making it hard to search the index for specific information.

On time , and the book was clean and not damage.

The binding of the book is terrible. The book itself is very informative.

This review is for the 2nd edition of this book."Inside Network Perimeter Security" (INPS) by Northcutt, Zeltser, Winters, Kent, and Ritchey suitably covers the broad topic of securing a network's edge. The book is based, on part, from various SANS Institute training material (Northcutt is the CEO of the SANS Institute). Most of the items documented in INPS are honed from years of discussions in classes (and is mentioned an `excellent supplementary resource" for the GIAC Certified Firewall Analyst (GCFW)).The book first focuses on perimeter fundamentals - including dedicating about 100 pages to the three main types of firewalls (Packet, Stateful & Proxy). The second section discusses how to fortify other areas of the perimeter - by implementing hardened routers and hosts, VPNs, IDSs, and IPS. The third section discusses designing a secure perimeter from the ground up (consider it best practices). This includes a much-needed chapter on wireless security. The last section is how to monitor and maintain the perimeter.It is hard to characterize who this book should be aimed at. While configurations examples are given for many different platforms and OSs, the configs cannot be considered complete. I feel this book would serve network admins well as a starting point and as introduction to concepts that they might not be familiar with.Some items I like from Inside Network Perimeter Security:-Chapter 6 gives a great discussion on Cisco routers. What really impresses me is, since the documentation is from someone besides CiscoPress, you get an idea of other ways to harden Cisco routers (see the telnet trick on page 142). The first appendix also gives a great collection of different ACLs (consider it an update of the NSA's list). I have over 50 CiscoPress books, and information found in these 2 chapters I have not seen documented in any CiscoPress book.-Chapter 21 provides a `quick' list of tools to use to help troubleshoot and isolate an issue. While there are some great books that are wholly dedicated to showing the ins-and-outs of different tools, sometimes you can't see the trees through the forest. Within just a few short pages, INPS is able to suggest a plethora of different tools to use based upon the issue.The book mentions that it's goal "...is to create a practical guide for designing, deploying, and maintaining a real-world network security perimeter." I believe they have done just that!I give this book 5 pings out of 5:!!!!!

Great read for understanding perimeter security

Great book. You will not be sorry. Great detail without sounding boring.