Linux firewalls

"Linux Firewalls discusses the technical details of the iptables firewall and the Netfilter framework that are built into the Linux kernel, and it explains how they provide strong filtering, Network Address Translation (NAT), state tracking, and application layer inspection capabilities that ri...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rash, Michael
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: San Francisco No Starch Press 2007
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Collection: O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:"Linux Firewalls discusses the technical details of the iptables firewall and the Netfilter framework that are built into the Linux kernel, and it explains how they provide strong filtering, Network Address Translation (NAT), state tracking, and application layer inspection capabilities that rival many commercial tools. You'll learn how to deploy iptables as an IDS with psad and fwsnort and how to build a strong, passive authentication layer around iptables with fwknop."--Jacket
Physical Description:xix, 308 pages illustrations
ISBN:1593271417