Chapter 21. Integrating Security into the Infrastructure

This chapter covers the following topics:

• The definition of the different security zones around the topology of the Data Center

• Security designs pertaining to the Internet Edge, including antispoofing filtering, Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding (uRPF), traffic rate limiting, routing protocol security, stateful firewalling, and intrusion detection

• Core security, including device hardening and routing protocol security

• Aggregation layer security using stateful firewalls, packet filters, and network-based intrusion detection systems (IDSs)

• Server farm security deploying host-based and network-based intrusion detection, private VLANs, port security, VLAN access control lists (ACLs), ...

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