Maximum Security, Fourth Edition

Chapter 10. Firewalls

IN THIS CHAPTER

• What Is a Firewall?

• Other Features Found in Firewall Products

• Firewalls Are Not Bulletproof

• A Look Under the Hood of Firewalling Products

• Programmers Bypassing the Firewall

• Pitfalls of Firewalling

• Firewall Appliances

• Building Firewalls in the Real World

• Sample Failures of Firewall Technology

• Commercial Firewalls

	Security is a process, not a product.
	--Bruce Schneier, Counterpane Labs

Firewalls have been around for years, and now serve as pillars for the information security strategies of most organizations. Although firewalls are fundamentally very important, any organization that relies entirely upon a firewall to fulfill its security needs does so foolishly. Firewalls are not bulletproof. In fact, recently many of ...