Next-generation firewalls for dummies

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Introduction -- About This Book -- Foolish Assumptions -- How This Book Is Organized -- 1. Understanding the Evolution of Network Security -- 2. Defining the Application and Threat Landscape -- 3. Recognizing the Challenges of Legacy Security Infrastructures -- 4. Solving the Problem with Next-Generation Firewalls -- 5. Deploying Next-Generation Firewalls -- 6. Ten Evaluation Criteria for Next-Generation Firewalls -- Glossary -- Icons Used in This Book -- Where to Go from Here -- 1. Understanding the Evolution of Network Security -- Why Legacy Firewalls Are No Longer Effective -- Data Leakage Is a Problem -- Compliance Is Not Optional -- 2. Defining the Application and Threat Landscape -- Applications Are Not All Good or All Bad -- Applications Are Evasive -- Threats Are Coming Along for the Ride -- -- 3. Recognizing the Challenges of Legacy Security Infrastructures -- Whatever Happened to the Firewall? -- Port-based firewalls have poor vision -- Bolt-on functionality is fundamentally flawed -- Firewall "helpers" don’t help -- Traditional IPS Is a Poor Match for Today’s Threats -- UTM Only Makes What Is Broken Cheaper -- It’s Time to Fix the Firewall -- -- 4. Solving the Problem with Next-Generation Firewalls -- The Next-Generation Firewall -- Application identification -- User identification -- Content identification -- Policy control -- High-performance architecture -- What a Next-Generation Firewall Isn’t -- Benefits of Next-Generation Firewalls -- 5. Deploying Next-Generation Firewalls -- Safe Enablement through Smart Policies -- Employee controls -- Desktop controls -- Network controls -- Defining Your Requirements and Developing an RFP -- Deployment Flexibility Matters -- Addressing Mobile and Remote Users -- -- 6. Ten Evaluation Criteria for Next-Generation Firewalls -- Identify Applications, Not Ports -- Identify Users, Not IP Addresses -- Identify Content, Not Packets -- Visibility -- Control -- Performance -- Flexibility -- Reliability -- Scalability -- Manageability -- Glossary