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Firewall Administration

19.1 Chapter objectives

■ Managing your firewall remotely

■ Providing high availability

■ Protecting standalone machines

■ Maintaining your firewall

■ Managing firewall security

In today’s technological society, the administration and management

of firewall technology is crucial. The protection of today’s consumer

on the Internet is key to the success of e-business companies and

should take precedence over other duties. The cost of firewall tech-

nologies should never be shortchanged and should be included in

the administration costs. Obtaining highly qualified, trained, and

quality system administrators is often a difficult ...