Configuring SonicWALL Firewalls

Name: Configuring SonicWALL Firewalls
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SonicWALL firewalls are the number 3 in sales worldwide in the security appliance market space as of 2004. This accounts for 15% total market share in the security appliance sector. The SonicWALL firewall appliance has had the largest annual growth in the security appliance sector for the last two years.

This is the first book on the market covering the #3 best-selling firewall appliances in the world from SonicWALL. This book continues Syngress' history from ISA Server to Check Point to Cisco Pix of being first to market with best-selling firewall books for security professionals.

Configuring SonicWALL Firewalls is the first book to deliver an in-depth look at the SonicWALL firewall product line. It covers all of the aspects of the SonicWALL product line from the SOHO devices to the Enterprise SonicWALL firewalls. Also covered are advanced troubleshooting techniques and the SonicWALL Security Manager. This book offers novice users a complete opportunity to learn the SonicWALL firewall appliance. Advanced users will find it a rich technical resource.

* First book to deliver an in-depth look at the SonicWALL firewall product line

* Covers all of the aspects of the SonicWALL product line from the SOHO devices to the Enterprise SonicWALL firewalls

* Includes advanced troubleshooting techniques and the SonicWALL Security Manager

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Non-Fiction Engineering & Technology Technology in General Computing & I.T.Computer Networking & Communications Network Security Computer Security Data Encryption

Networking, Security, and the Firewall	p. 1
Introduction	p. 2
Understanding Networking	p. 3
The OSI Model	p. 3
Moving Data Along with TCP/IP	p. 6
Understanding Security Basics	p. 18
The Need for Security	p. 19
Introducing Common Security Standards	p. 19
Common Information Security Concepts	p. 20
Defining Information Security	p. 21
Insecurity and the Internet	p. 23
Identifying Potential Threats	p. 25
Using VPNs in Today's Enterprise	p. 26
The Battle for the Secure Enterprise	p. 26
Making Your Security Come Together	p. 28
Understanding Firewall Basics	p. 28
Types of Firewalls	p. 29
Firewall Ideologies	p. 32
DMZ Concepts	p. 32
Traffic Flow Concepts	p. 37
Networks with and without DMZs	p. 41
DMZ Design Fundamentals	p. 44
Designing End-to-End Security for Data Transmission between Hosts on the Network	p. 46
Traffic Flow and Protocol Fundamentals	p. 46
Summary	p. 47
Solutions Fast Track	p. 47
Frequently Asked Questions	p. 49
Dissecting the SonicWALL	p. 51
Introduction	p. 52
The SonicWALL Security Product Offerings	p. 53
Firewalls	p. 53
SSL VPN	p. 54
Content Security Manager	p. 55
The SonicWALL Firewall Core Technologies	p. 55
SonicOS	p. 55
Zones	p. 59
Interface Modes	p. 60
Access Rules	p. 60
VPN	p. 61
Deep Inspection	p. 61
Device Architecture	p. 63
The SonicWALL Product Line	p. 64
Product Line	p. 65
Summary	p. 79
Solutions Fast Track	p. 80
Frequently Asked Questions	p. 82
Deploying SonicWALL Firewalls	p. 85
Introduction	p. 86
Managing the SonicWALL Firewall	p. 86
SonicWALL Management Options	p. 87
Administrative Users	p. 90
The Local File System and the Configuration File	p. 90
Using the Command-Line Interface	p. 91
Using the Web User Interface	p. 96
Securing the Management Interface	p. 97
Updating and Managing SonicOS	p. 103
System Recovery	p. 106
Zones, Interfaces, and VLANs	p. 108
Zones	p. 108
Interfaces	p. 110
Configuring the SonicWALL Firewall	p. 113
Other Methods for Configuring the WAN Interface	p. 116
Interface Speed Modes	p. 118
Configuring System Services	p. 119
Setting the Time	p. 120
DHCP Server	p. 120
IP Helper	p. 120
DNS	p. 121
Licenses	p. 121
Syslog	p. 123
Summary	p. 124
Solutions Fast Track	p. 125
Frequently Asked Questions	p. 126
Policy Configuration	p. 127
Introduction	p. 128
Theory of Access Control	p. 128
Zones	p. 129
Interfaces	p. 133
Address Objects	p. 137
Address Groups	p. 137
Creating Address Objects and Address Groups	p. 138
Predefined Address Objects and Address Groups	p. 140
Sonic WALL Access Rules	p. 149
Access Rules-Part 1	p. 150
Access Rule Views	p. 150
Creating Access Rules	p. 155
Editing, Deleting, Enabling, and Disabling Access Rules	p. 156
Resetting the Rule Base for a Specific Zone	p. 156
Viewing Traffic Statistics for Specific Access Rules	p. 156
Advanced Rules Options	p. 157
BWM	p. 159
QOS	p. 161
Default Access Rules	p. 162
Access Rules-Part 2	p. 164
Getting Ready to Create Access Rules	p. 164
Advanced Options for Firewalls	p. 176
Detection Prevention	p. 177
Dynamic Ports	p. 178
Source-Routed Packets	p. 178
Connections	p. 179
Access Rule Service Options	p. 179
TCP Settings	p. 179
SYN Flood Protection	p. 184
SYN Flood Protection Overview	p. 186
Layer 3 SYN Flood Protection	p. 186
Layer 2 Protection	p. 189
Multicast	p. 190
Summary	p. 191
Solutions Fast Track	p. 191
Frequently Asked Questions	p. 194
User Authentication	p. 197
Introduction	p. 197
Types of Users	p. 198
Local Users	p. 198
Local Groups	p. 199
Guest Accounts	p. 200
User Settings	p. 203
Authentication Methods	p. 205
Summary	p. 210
Routing	p. 211
Introduction	p. 212
Routing Information Protocol (RIP)	p. 212
Networking with RIP	p. 213
When to Use RIP	p. 216
RIP as It Applies to SonicWALL	p. 216
Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)	p. 217
Networking with OSPF	p. 217
How OSPF Works	p. 218
When to Use OSPF	p. 219
Basic OSPF Configuration on a SonicWALL	p. 219
Summary	p. 220
Solutions Fast Track	p. 221
Address Translation	p. 223
Introduction	p. 224
The Purpose of Address Translation	p. 224
Advantages of Address Translation	p. 225
Disadvantages of Address Translation	p. 226
SonicWALL NAT Overview	p. 227
Source NAT	p. 227
Destination NAT	p. 229
One-to-One NAT	p. 231
Policy-Based NAT	p. 233
NAT Policy Basics	p. 235
Many-to-One NAT	p. 237
Many-to-Many NAT	p. 238
One-to-One NAT	p. 239
One-to-Many	p. 241
Summary	p. 243
Solutions Fast Track	p. 243
Frequently Asked Questions	p. 245
Transparent Mode	p. 247
Introduction	p. 248
Interface Settings	p. 248
Permanently Assigned Interfaces	p. 249
Understanding How Transparent Mode Works	p. 250
Configuring a Device to Use Transparent Mode	p. 251
Transparent Mode Deployment Options	p. 253
Summary	p. 255
Solutions Fast Track	p. 255
Frequently Asked Questions	p. 257
Attack Detection and Defense	p. 259
Introduction to the SonicOS Security Features	p. 260
Understanding the Anatomy of an Attack	p. 260
The Three Phases of a Hack	p. 261
Script Kiddies	p. 261
Black Hat Hackers	p. 262
Worms, Viruses, and other Automated Malware	p. 264
SonicWALL IPS	p. 268
Deep Packet Inspection Overview	p. 268
Configuring SonicWALL IPS	p. 269
Updating SonicWALL IPS Signatures	p. 272
Global-, Category-, and Signature-Level Policies	p. 272
Configuring IP Address Range Inclusion and Exclusion Lists	p. 282
SonicWALL Content Filtering	p. 284
Configuring SonicWALL CFS	p. 290
Creating Custom CFS Policies	p. 300
Antivirus Services	p. 302
SonicWALL Gateway Antivirus	p. 309
SonicWALL Anti-Spyware	p. 310
E-Mail Filter	p. 316
RBL Filter	p. 319
Summary	p. 322
Solutions Fast Track	p. 322
Frequently Asked Questions	p. 324
Creating VPNs with SonicWALL	p. 325
Introduction	p. 326
Understanding IPSec	p. 327
IPSec Modes	p. 327
Protocols	p. 329
Key Management	p. 329
Security Associations	p. 330
IPSec Tunnel Negotiations	p. 330
Phase 1	p. 331
Phase 2	p. 332
Public Key Cryptography	p. 333
PKI	p. 334
Certificates	p. 334
OCSP (CRLs)	p. 335
VPNs in SonicWALL Appliances	p. 336
Site-to-Site VPNs	p. 336
SonicWALL Group VPN	p. 346
L2TP VPNs	p. 355
Gateway Redundancy	p. 359
Summary	p. 360
Solutions Fast Track	p. 361
Links	p. 364
Frequently Asked Questions	p. 364
High Availability	p. 367
Introduction	p. 368
The Need for HA	p. 368
Configuring Hardware Failover in SonicWALL Firewalls	p. 369
Hardware and Software	p. 369
Network Requirements	p. 370
Licensing and Security Services	p. 370
Loose Ends: Configuring Monitoring Addresses and Management IPs	p. 371
Configuring Monitoring Links	p. 372
Tips, Tricks, Traps, and Tuning	p. 373
Failover Function Test	p. 373
Cabling an HA Pair	p. 373
Adding a SonicWALL Unit to a HF Configuration	p. 375
Determining When to Failover	p. 376
How HF "Fails Over"	p. 376
Tuning	p. 377
Summary	p. 379
Solutions Fast Track	p. 379
Troubleshooting the SonicWALL	p. 381
Introduction	p. 382
Troubleshooting Methodology	p. 382
Troubleshooting Tools	p. 383
Active Connections	p. 383
CPU Monitor	p. 387
DNS Name Lookup	p. 388
Find Network Path	p. 388
Packet Trace	p. 389
Ping	p. 392
Process Monitor	p. 393
Real-Time Blacklist Lookup	p. 393
Reverse Name Resolution	p. 394
Traceroute	p. 394
ARP Cache	p. 395
System Status	p. 396
Routing Table	p. 396
Putting It All Together	p. 397
Network Troubleshooting	p. 397
Debugging the SonicWALL Appliance	p. 398
SonicWALL Logs	p. 399
View	p. 399
Syslog	p. 400
ViewPoint	p. 405
Category	p. 406
Automation	p. 408
Name Resolution	p. 409
Reports	p. 410
ViewPoint	p. 411
Additional Tools	p. 411
Advanced Diagnostics	p. 412
Technical Support Report	p. 415
SonicWALL LED Behavior	p. 417
Summary	p. 418
Solutions Fast Track	p. 418
Frequently Asked Questions	p. 420
Enterprise SonicWALL Management	p. 423
SonicWALL Management and Reporting	p. 424
SonicWALL ViewPoint	p. 424
Configuring ViewPoint	p. 430
SonicWALL Global Management System Installation and Configuration	p. 432
SQL Server Setup	p. 434
Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) Driver	p. 445
Distributed Reporting	p. 454
Registering SGMS	p. 456
Configuring GMS	p. 457
Adding SonicWALL Appliances to SGMS	p. 461
Summary	p. 484
Solutions Fast Track	p. 484
Frequently Asked Questions	p. 486
Index	p. 487
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