Firewalls training course description

A technical hands on training course covering firewall technologies. This focuses on the whys and hows of firewall technology rather than looking at manufacturer specific issues.

What will you learn

• Design secure firewall protected networks.
• Test firewalls.
• Evaluate firewalls
• Configure firewalls

Firewalls training course details

Firewalls training course contents

• Firewall introduction

Security review, what is a firewall? What do firewalls do? Firewall benefits, concepts.
Hands on Configuring the network to be used in later labs, launching various attacks on a target.

• Firewall types

Packet filtering, SPI, Proxy, Personal. Software firewalls, hardware firewalls, blade based firewalls, personal firewalls, which firewall should you use? Firewall products.
Hands on Configuring a simple firewall.

• Packet filtering firewalls

Things to filter in the IP header, stateless vs. stateful filtering. ACLs. Advantages of packet filtering.
Hands on Configuring packet filtering firewalls.

• Stateful packet filtering

Stateful algorithms, packet-by-packet inspection, application content filtering, tracks, special handling (fragments, IP options), sessions with TCP and UDP. Firewall hacking detection: SYN attacks, SSL, SSH interception.
Hands on Stateful packet inspection firewalls.

• Proxy firewalls

Circuit level, application level, SOCKS. Proxy firewall advantages and disadvantages.
Hands on Proxy firewalls.

• Personal firewalls

The role of personal firewalls, Windows XP, Zonealarm.
Hands on Configuring a personal firewall.

• Firewall architectures

Home based, small office, enterprise, service provider, what is a DMZ? DMZ architectures, bastion hosts, multi DMZ. Virtual firewalls, transparent firewalls. Dual firewall design, high availability, load balancing, VRRP.
Hands on Resilient firewall architecture.

• Securing communications

VPNs, IPsec. Firewall configuration of VPNs, integration of dedicated VPN devices and firewalls.
Hands on IPSec VPN configuration.

• Testing firewalls

Configuration checklist, testing procedure, monitoring firewalls, logging, syslog.
Hands on Testing firewalls.

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