Product Description: A well-rounded, accessible exposition of honeypots in wired and wireless networks, this book addresses the topic from a variety of perspectives. Following a strong theoretical foundation, case studies enhance the practical understanding of the subject...read more

Product Description: Written by pfSense co-founder Chris Buechler and pfSense consultant Jim Pingle, this Definitive Guide to pfSense covers installation and basic configuration through advanced networking and firewalling with the popular open source firewall and router distribution...read more

Product Description: OpenBSD's stateful packet filter, PF, is the heart of the OpenBSD firewall. With more and more services placing high demands on bandwidth and an increasingly hostile Internet environment, no sysadmin can afford to be without PF expertise...read more

Explains the reasons for using a firewall and how to set one up for SOHO or personal use, discussing protocols, network configurations, the use of single or multiple firewalls, and how to use Windows as a firewall. (view table of contents)

Product Description: From an industry insider--a close look at high-performance, end-to-end switching solutions Load balancers are fast becoming an indispensable solution for handling the huge traffic demands of the Web. Their ability to solve a multitude of network and server bottlenecks in the Internet age ranges from dramatic improvements in server farm scalability to removing the firewall as a network bottleneck...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This comprehensive guide shows how security is implemented in a computer world and the ways in which those checkpoints can be side-stepped by trespassers intent on doing harm.-- Defines security in terms of concepts, passwords, encryption schemes, and standards-- Shows users how to estimate their own security requirements-risks and advantages-- Full coverage of firewalls, including different types and vendor lis...read more