About the Book
Topics covered in Troubleshooting Linux Firewalls
Risk management
Principles of information security
Firewall Hardening Tips
Troubleshooting methodology
Troubleshooting and diagnostic tools
Over a dozen chapters of common firewall problems and their solutions
Sample Chapter
Chapter 1 (external link) (In PDF, you will need a PDF reader (external link) (cache) to view the chapter.)
Table of Contents
SECTION I: GETTING STARTED
1: Introduction. (external link)
2: Getting Started.
3: Local firewall Security.
4: Troubleshooting Methodology.
SECTION II: TOOLS AND INTERNALS
5: The OSI Model: Start from the Beginning.
6: Netfilter and iptables Overview.
7: Using iptables.
8: A tour of our Collective Toolbox.
9: Diagnostics.
SECTION III: DIAGNOSTICS
10: Testing your firewall rules (for security!).
11: Layer 2/In-Line Filtering.
12: NAT (Network Address Translation) and IP Forwarding.
13: General IP (Layer 3/Layer 4).
14: SMTP (e-mail).
15: Web Services (Apache and Squid).
16: File Services (NFS and FTP).
17: Instant Messaging.
18: DNS/DHCP.
19: Virtual Private Networks