Untangle network security : secure your network against threats and vulnerabilities using the unparalleled Untangle NGFW / Abd El-Monem A. El-Bawab.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

El-Bawab, Abd El-Monem A., author.

Series:

Community experience distilled.

Community experience distilled

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer security--Security measures.

Computer security.

Firewalls (Computer security).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (368 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Other Title:

Secure your network against threats and vulnerabilities using unparalled Untangle NGFW

Place of Publication:

Birmingham : Packt Publishing, 2014.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Biography/History:

El Monem A Mohamed El Bawab Abd: Abd El-Monem A. El-Bawab is a systems engineer with a passion for security. He has about 3 years of experience in the IT field. He is MCITP 2008 Server Administrator, MCSA 2012, MCSE Server Infrastructure, MCSE Private Cloud, and ITIL certified. He has considerable experience in Untangle's Firewall, TMG, McAfee Sidewinder, Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security Services, Symantec Endpoint Protection, Symantec Backup Exec, Hyper-V, System Center Suite, ESXi, Citrix XenServer, VDI, Windows Servers, Active Directory, Exchange Server, Office 365, and SMART Service Desk. You can follow him on Twitter at @Eng_Monem and visit his blog at amagsmb. wordpress. com.

Summary:

If you are a security engineer or a system administrator and want to secure your server infrastructure with the feature-rich Untangle, this book is for you. For individuals who want to start their career in the network security field, this book would serve as a perfect companion to learn the basics of network security and how to implement it using Untangle NGFW.

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Introduction to Untangle; Introducing Untangle, Inc.; An overview on information security; The CIA triad; Types of attacks; Types of controls; Defense in depth; Introducing Untangle NGFW; Untangle NGFW modules; Untangle packages; Licensing Untangle; Reviewing the change log; Summary; Chapter 2: Installing Untangle; Understanding the hardware requirements of Untangle NGFW; Untangle NGFW appliances; Building your Untangle NGFW box; Virtualizing your Untangle NGFW

Tweaking your Untangle NGFWSetting up your lab; Getting Untangle; Writing your image; Untangle NGFW installation guide; Step 1 - booting and selecting the installation mode; Step 2 - selecting the installation wizard language; Step 3 - configuring the system locale; Step 4 - configuring the keymaps; Step 5 - configuring the server time zone; Step 6 - reviewing the hardware rating summary; Step 7 - preparing the hard disk; Step 8 - completing the installation; Summary; Chapter 3: The Initial Configuration of Untangle ; Understanding the boot options; The initial configuration wizard

Step 1 - selecting the wizard languageStep 2 - setting the admin password and server time zone; Step 3 - mapping the network cards; Step 4 - configuring the Internet connection; Acquiring automatic configurations from DHCP; Manually configuring the interface settings; Step 5 - configuring the Untangle NGFW operation mode; Understanding the router operation mode; Understanding the transparent bridge operation mode; Step 6 - configuring the automatic upgrade settings; Step 7 - finishing the initial configuration wizard; Registering your server; Reviewing the GUI

Untangle NGFW administration optionsSummary; Chapter 4: Untangle Advanced Configuration; Untangle placement options; Understanding the architecture of Untangle NGFW; Managing Untangle NGFW interfaces; Common uses of additional interfaces; Configuring Untangle NGFW interfaces; Addressed interfaces; Bridged interfaces; VLANS; Configuring Untangle NGFW high availability; Configuring the Untangle NGFW hostname; Configuring Untangle NGFW Services ports; Untangle NGFW network services; Untangle NGFW as a router; Untangle NGFW DNS service; Untangle NGFW DHCP service; DNS and DHCP advanced options

Configuring advanced network optionsUnderstanding Untangle NGFW rules; Port forward rules; NAT rules; Bypass rules; QoS rules; The seven priorities; Configuring the QoS settings; Configuring the QoS rules; Reviewing the QoS status; Filter rules; Troubleshooting; Summary; Chapter 5: Advanced Administration Settings; Configuring the administration settings; Managing the administrator accounts; Configuring the remote administration settings; Configuring the public address of Untangle NGFW; Configuring the regional settings; Configuring Untangle NGFW processing of protocols

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Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 13, 2014).

ISBN:

9781849517737

1849517738

OCLC:

894628929