5.4. Hardening Network Devices
The discussions up to this point have dealt with how to establish security baselines and update operating systems. We've also briefly discussed filesystems. The next sections deal with keeping your network devices up-to-date. The routers, gateways, firewalls, and other devices that run the network are also vulnerable to attack.
We'll look at how to update and configure your network devices. The focus will be on applications and routers, with coverage of other devices as they apply to this topic.
5.4.1. Updating Network Devices
As a security administrator, you should make sure that software for devices such as routers and switches is kept up-to-date. These devices usually contain a ROM-based (read-only memory) ...
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