Cisco Firewalls

Introduction

Firewalls have ample recognition as key elements in the field of protecting networks. Even though this is not a new subject, many important concepts and resources that could be helpful to designing a secure network are often overlooked or even ignored.

This book is targeted at unveiling the potential of Cisco Firewall functionalities and products and how they can be grouped on a structured manner to build security solutions.

The motivation for writing this book is associated with a simple axiom assumed: The better you understand individual features, the better you can use them for design purposes. After all, producing better security designs is the aim of anyone truly committed to security.

“Happy is he who transfers what he knows ...