Computer Network Security

Table of contents

1. Cover
2. Preface
3. Introduction
4. 1 Fundamentals of Network Security
   1. 1.1. Introduction
   2. 1.2. Types of network security
   3. 1.3. The main risks related to the logical security of the network
   4. 1.4. Exercises to test learning
5. 2 Securing Network Devices
   1. 2.1. Types of network traffic
   2. 2.2. Securing the management plan
   3. 2.3. Securing passwords
   4. 2.4. Implementing connection restrictions
   5. 2.5. Securing access through console lines, VTY and auxiliaries
   6. 2.6. Allocation of administrative roles
   7. 2.7. Securing the control plane
   8. 2.8. Exercises for application
6. 3 Supervising a Computer Network
   1. 3.1. Introduction
   2. 3.2. Implementing an NTP server
   3. 3.3. Implementing a Syslog server
   4. 3.4. Implementing the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
   5. 3.5. Exercises for application
7. 4 Securing Access Using AAA
   1. 4.1. Introduction
   2. 4.2. AAA authentication
   3. 4.3. AAA authorizations
   4. 4.4. AAA traceability
   5. 4.5. Exercises for application
8. 5 Using Firewalls
   1. 5.1. Introducing firewalls
   2. 5.2. Types of firewalls
   3. 5.3. Setting up a firewall
   4. 5.4. Different firewall strategies
   5. 5.5. ACL-based firewalls
   6. 5.6. Zone-based firewalls
   7. 5.7. Creating zones
   8. 5.8. Creating Class-Maps
   9. 5.9. Creating the Policy-Map to apply the Class-Maps
   10. 5.10. Defining the zone pairs
   11. 5.11. Applying the policy maps to the zone pairs
   12. 5.12. Assigning interfaces to zones
   13. 5.13. Exercises for application
9. 6 Putting in Place an Intrusion Prevention System (IPS)
   1. 6.1. Introduction to a detector
   2. 6.2. The differences between an IDS and an IPS
   3. 6.3. Types of IPS
   4. 6.4. Cisco IP solutions
   5. 6.5. Modes of deploying IPS
   6. 6.6. Types of alarms
   7. 6.7. Detecting malicious traffic
   8. 6.8. Signature micro-engines
   9. 6.9. Severity levels of the signatures
   10. 6.10. Monitoring and managing alarms and alerts
   11. 6.11. List of actions to be taken during an attack
   12. 6.12. Configuration of an IOS IPS
   13. 6.13. Recommended practices
   14. 6.14. Exercises for application
10. 7 Securing a Local Network
    1. 7.1. Introduction
    2. 7.2. Types of attacks on Layer 2
    3. 7.3. The best security practices for protecting Layer 2
    4. 7.4. Exercises for application
11. 8 Cryptography
    1. 8.1. Basic concepts in cryptography
    2. 8.2. The different classifications of cryptology
    3. 8.3. Key management
    4. 8.4. Hash functions
    5. 8.5. HMAC codes
    6. 8.6. Asymmetric cryptography
    7. 8.7. Exercises for application
12. 9 IPsec VPNs
    1. 9.1. The IPsec protocol
    2. 9.2. IKE protocol
    3. 9.3. The site-to-site VPN configuration
    4. 9.4. Exercises for application
13. 10 Studying Advanced Firewalls
    1. 10.1. Cisco ASA firewalls
    2. 10.2. Exercises for application
    3. 10.3. Configuring Cisco elements with graphical tools
    4. 10.4. The TMG 2010 firewall
14. References
15. Index
16. End User License Agreement