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Firewalls and Internet Security:

Repelling the Wily Hacker
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Addison-Wesley, 2003 - Computers - 433 pages
Written by the people responsible for designing and maintaining AT&TUs Internet gateway, this is the definitive description and practical guide to protecting networks from hacker attacks. The book shows how to set up a "firewall" gateway--a dedicated computer equipped with safeguards that acts as a single, more easily defended Internet connection.

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Review: Firewalls and Internet Security: Repelling the Wily Hacker

User Review  - carl theaker - Goodreads

This book is more slanted to an admin, but a few things for the home users. After reading I concluded the best thing to do is just disconnect from the wall and use your home computer to play video ... Read full review

Review: Firewalls and Internet Security: Repelling the Wily Hacker

User Review  - Joe - Goodreads

This book is amazing or useless, depending on how you look at it. :-D If you need to simply "get it done" with a particular firewall, proxy etcetera, forget it. This book is useless. If, however, you ... Read full review

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About the author (2003)

William R. Cheswick (http://cheswick.com) is Chief Scientist at Lumeta Corporation, which explores and maps clients' network infrastructures and finds perimeter leaks. Formerly he was a senior researcher at Lucent Bell Labs, where he did pioneering work in the areas of firewall design and implementation, PC viruses, mailers, and Internet munitions.

Steven M. Bellovin (http://stevebellovin.com) is a Fellow at AT&T Labs Research, where he works on networks, security, and, especially, why the two don't get along. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and is one of the Security Area directors of the Internet Engineering Task Force. Long ago he was one of the creators of NetNews.

Aviel D. Rubin (http://avirubin.com) is an Associate Professor in the Computer Science Department at Johns Hopkins University and serves as the Technical Director of their Information Security Institute. He was previously Principal Researcher in the Secure Systems Research Department at AT&T Laboratories and is the author of several books.



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