Re: Firewall and ips theory, resource

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http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/search/1,293876,sid14,00.html?query=firewall&x=0&y=0 - This is a search for 
firewalls on techtarget.com.  They have LOTS of material that would meet your needs.  Search around on it.  Although it 
is not arranged in book form, the site probably all the info as you are looking for.  A good place to start would this 
tutorial:
http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid14_gci1127065,00.html : Firewall Architecture Tutorial


http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10878_11-6098592.html?tag=rbxccnbtr1
http://downloads.techrepublic.com.com/abstract.aspx?docid=241759 - Get an in-depth look at Vista Firewall's advanced 
config features

http://www.pentest.es/checkpoint_hack.pdf - Check Point Secure Platform Hack (219 pgs).   
 "An uncensored real-time time-line of how I exploited a vulnerability in a kernel hardened EAL4+ certified firewall"

http://www.cse.msu.edu/~alexliu/home.html - "Diverse Firewall Design" and many other academic papers on firewalls and IP

http://www.itsecurity.com/buyers-guides/firewall-buyers-giude/ - The IT Security Firewall Buyer's Guide

http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/generic/0,295582,sid14_gci1093527_tax299825,00.html?track=NL-422&ad=548058USCA&adg=299807&uid=4739563
 - Firewall Learning Guide

http://search.us-cert.gov/search?q=firewall&entqr=0&ud=1&sort=date%3AD%3AL%3Ad1&output=xml_no_dtd&oe=UTF-8&ie=UTF-8&client=default_frontend&proxystylesheet=default_frontend&hq=inurl%3Awww.us-cert.gov%2F&site=default_collection
 - US-CERT website, search for firewall

http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/guide/securitySchool/0,296293,sid14_gci1244954,00.html -  Integration of 
Networking and Security School (many linked pages)

http://downloads.techrepublic.com.com/abstract.aspx?docid=173410 - This sample chapter, taken from McGraw-Hill's 
Hacking Exposed, Fifth Edition,

http://cio.webbuyersguide.com/resource/resourceDetails.aspx?id=2530 - Beyond Firewalls and IDS’s: A Buyer’s Guide to 
Effective Intrusion Prevention Systems

http://downloads.techrepublic.com.com/abstract.aspx?docid=240906 - MS Windows XP Inside Out Deluxe, Ch 7 Security 
Essentials, Blocking Intruders with Windows Firewall.

Search on the "Jericho Forum", this is an organization that proposes that firewalls are obsolete, security should be 
focused on all corporate endpoints rather than a perimeter


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