Securing and Controlling Cisco Routers

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 736 pages
• Published by: AUERBACH
• Edition: 1st Edition May 15, 2002
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0849312906
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0849312908
• Book Dimensions: 10 x 7.1 x 1.5 inches
• Weighs: 2.8 pounds

Product Description
Securing and Controlling Cisco Routers demonstrates proven techniques for strengthening network security. The book begins with an introduction to Cisco technology and the TCP/IP protocol suite. Subsequent chapters cover subjects such as routing, routing protocols, IP addressing, and Cisco Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting services (AAA). The text then addresses standard, extended, time-based, dynamic, and reflexive access lists, as well as context-based control and Cisco Encryption Technology. At the end of most chapters, readers will find the unique opportunity to practice what they have learned. Readers will be able to log on to a real router, practice commands, and gather information as shown in the chapter. To further round out this understanding of routers, Securing and Controlling Cisco Routers reviews Trojan Ports and Services and provides additional resources such as Web sites, mailing lists, bibliographies, glossaries, acronyms, and abbreviations.

Book Info
Begins with an introduction to Cisco technology and the TCP/IP protocol suite, and the subsequent chapters cover subjects such as routing, routing protocols, IP addressing, and Cisco Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting services (AAA). Addresses network threats and what Cisco provides to combat such threats. Softcover.

Reader Reviews
Companies often forget that receptionists serve as the gatekeepers of the corporate premises and are critical to security. In the cyberworld, the router is the virtual gatekeeper, monitoring the door that leads to the Internet. But firms often ignore the router's protective function, focusing instead on firewalls, encryption, and antivirus software. Securing and Controlling Cisco Routers is an important book for anyone tasked with securing routers and corporate networks. Given that Cisco dominates the router industry, this book is especially pertinent. After an introduction to TCP/IP and basic security, networking, and routing concepts, the author delves into core security issues such as authentication, authorization, and accounting; encryption; RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service); and Kerberos (an authentication system used to transmit private information over open networks). Nearly every section ends with material that allows the reader to practice the technologies discussed on a real PC. These sessions use the appropriate Cisco syntax, which is crucial because the Cisco Internetworking Operating System is notoriously abstract. Readers will find that being able to log onto a real router, practice the commands, and gather information is an enormous advantage. The documentation that comes with Cisco routers is impressive, but it lacks security detail. This book more than compensates for that deficit.