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"Personal Firewalls" are Mostly Snake-oil
The author explains his opinion that a personal firewall "provides no real additional security over turning off the services that you don't use".
Beginners Guide to Firewalls and Internet Security
This article is intended to provide some basic guidelines for securing your computer, and a better understanding of how some of these technologies work. It is intended primarily fo…
CERT Security Improvement Module Deploying Firewalls
A module of recommended practices for the effective deployment of firewalls and implementation of security policy. The practices in this module will address designing, installing,…
Cisco PIX Firewall - Practical Guide
Practical Cisco PIX guide based on hands-on experience with various PIX platforms and versions.
CPUG: The Check Point User Group
A group for Check Point Firewall-1 users and implementers. Contains the Check Point Wikipedia, discussion groups and other useful information.
Distributed Firewalls
A preliminary research paper exploring the benefits and possible implementations of a distributed firewall paradigm.
Firewall Tutorial
A fairly concise (< 4000 words) document for readers who want to know more about what firewalls do. Comprehensively covers main firewall concepts and technologies.
Firewall-net
Provides security and firewall comparisons, compare tools, configuration tips. Also includes a user forum.
FireWallers
Firewall Question and answer site containing information, opinion and advice.
Firewalls and Internet Security: Repelling the Wily Hacker
Web site for the book Firewalls and Internet Security: Repelling the Wily Hacker Second Edition by William R. Cheswick, Steven M. Bellovin, and Aviel D. Rubin. Contains some sampl…
Home PC Firewall Guide
Features information on security, personal firewall software and Internet security appliances for dial-up and broadband-connected (xDSL and cable modem) home and SOHO computers. Al…
How Stuff Works: Internet Firewalls
An introductory explanation of how a firewall works and the various filtering methods used, with related links.
How-to setup an APF Firewall
A how-to that covers the basics and some advanced topics of installing and configuring the firewall, especially for CPanel users.
InfoSysSec: Firewall Security and the Internet
A portal for professionals, features links, FAQs, tutorials, product information, magazine articles and downloads.
Interhack.net: Firewalls Frequently Asked Questions
Features a background, basics, design, implementation issues, port and protocol issues. By Matt Curtin and Marcus Ranum. Documents are also available in Postscript and PDF.
Internet Protection and Security by Firewalls Paper
General overview of firewalls and their roles in mitigating various forms of network attacks. Includes case studies.
ISC Firewalls Mailing List
For discussions of Internet firewall security systems and related issues. Also features searchable archives and digests.
KnowPlace Firewalling
An overview of firewalls and security with particular reference to firewalling with Linux 2.4 and Netfilter/Iptables.
Korvan's Web
How to build an OpenBSD firewall for use with Australian broadband ISPs (Telstra and Optus, cable & ADSL).
Lenny Zeltser Firewall Discussions
Explores the use of various firewall techniques for protecting resources according to business requirements of multi-tier applications.
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