Firewalls and Internet Security: Repelling the Wily HackerWritten 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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Firewalls And Internet Security: Repelling The Wily Hacker, 2/E William R. Cheswick No preview available - 2003 |
Common terms and phrases
ACCEPT actual administrator allow application attack attempts authentication better block Cited client command configuration connection contain course dangerous described easy encryption Engineering example Figure filter firewall Force gateway hackers holes host implement important incoming inetd input inside installed internal Internet keep known limit login machine mechanism Note operating options packet filter packets pass password port possible probably problem protect protocol reason requests require root router routing rules scripts sendmail server session share simple someone standard things traffic trust tunnel UNIX usually Windows