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"Configuring SonicWALL Firewalls", Chris Lathem et al, 2006,
1-59749-250-7, U$49.95/C$69.95 %A Chris Lathem %C 800 Hingham Street, Rockland, MA 02370 %D 2006 %G 1-59749-250-7 %I Syngress Media, Inc. %O U$49.95/C$69.95 781-681-5151 fax: 781-681-3585 snipped-for-privacy@syngress.com %OChapter one provides an overview of the basics of networking, information security (at a rather simplistic level), and firewalls. The features of SonicWALL devices are described in chapter two. The material is mostly at sales brochure level. While some negative points are raised the text is not particularly careful: at one point we are told that the SonicWALL can terminate any type of VPN (Virtual Private Network), while later it is admitted that it can terminate any IPSec VPN. Management and configuration is covered in chapter three, although the command line interface gets pretty short shrift. Access control and policy management is dealt with in chapter four. Chapter five reviews user accounts and authentication. The two routing protocols possible with SonicWALL, RIP (Routing Information Protocol) and OSPF (Open Shortest Path First), are described in chapter six. Chapter seven explains network address translation (NAT) and lists the SonicWALL dialogue boxes for it. Transparent (layer two) mode screenshots are contained in chapter eight. Chapter nine throws around terms like "attack detection and defence" and "intrusion prevention" but is really a list of the application proxy setting screens. IPSec adjustments are shown in chapter ten. Availability and redundancy functions are described in eleven. "Troubleshooting," in chapter twelve, enumerates various utilities and diagnostics. Chapter thirteen shows shots of the multi-device management system.
This is a decent enough replacement for vendor documentation, but not much more.
copyright Robert M. Slade, 2006 BKCNSWFW.RVW 20060602
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