Firewalls

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Developing Your Firewall

Security Policy

A firewall security policy is a document that describes requirements for

an organization’s firewalls. In fact, multiple documents may be

required in larger operations. It’s not unthinkable to have separate

enterprise-wide, site-specific, branch office, home office, and traveling

employee firewall documents, instead of a single monolithic firewall

document covering all potential boundary scenarios through which

individual systems or internal networks connect to the Internet.

The contents of such a document must include numerous headings

and address numerous topics, as shown in Table K.1. The order is not

significant; ...