A technical hands on training course covering firewall technologies. This focuses on the whys and hows of firewall technology rather than looking at manufacturer specific issues.
By the end of the course delegates will be able to:
Security review, what is a firewall? What do firewalls do? Firewall benefits, concepts.
Hands on Configuring the network to be used in later labs, launching various attacks on a target.
Packet filtering, SPI, Proxy, Personal. Software firewalls, hardware firewalls, blade based firewalls, personal firewalls, which firewall should you use? Firewall products.
Hands on Configuring a simple firewall.
Things to filter in the IP header, stateless vs. stateful filtering. ACLs. Advantages of packet filtering.
Hands on Configuring packet filtering firewalls.
Stateful algorithms, packet-by-packet inspection, application content filtering, tracks, special handling (fragments, IP options), sessions with TCP and UDP. Firewall hacking detection: SYN attacks, SSL, SSH interception.
Hands on Stateful packet inspection firewalls.
Circuit level, application level, SOCKS. Proxy firewall advantages and disadvantages.
Hands on Proxy firewalls.
The role of personal firewalls, Windows XP, Zonealarm.
Hands on Configuring a personal firewall.
Home based, small office, enterprise, service provider, what is a DMZ? DMZ architectures, bastion hosts, multi DMZ. Virtual firewalls, transparent firewalls. Dual firewall design, high availability, load balancing, VRRP.
Hands on Resilient firewall architecture.
VPNs, IPsec. Firewall configuration of VPNs, integration of dedicated VPN devices and firewalls.
Hands on IPSec VPN configuration.
Configuration checklist, testing procedure, monitoring firewalls, logging, syslog.
Hands on Testing firewalls.
Join our public courses in our Hong Kong facilities. Private class trainings will be organized at the location of your preference, according to your schedule.