Firewall and Proxy Server

Download free Firewall and Proxy Tutorial course material, tutorial training, PDF file by Mark Grennan on 40 pages.

Table of contents

• Introduction
• Understanding Firewalls
• Firewall Architecture 
• Setting up the Linux Filtering Firewall 
• Software requirements
• Preparing the Linux system
• IP filtering setup (IPFWADM)
• IP filtering setup (IPCHAINS)
• Installing a Transparent SQUID proxy
• Installing the TIS Proxy server
• The SOCKS Proxy Server
• Advanced Configurations
• Making Management Easy
• Defeating a Proxy Firewall
• APPENDEX A ? Example Scripts
• APPENDEX B ? An VPN RC Script for RedHat
• Introduction
• Feedback
• Disclaimer 
• Copyright
• My Reasons for Writing this
• Further Readings
• Understanding Firewalls
• Firewall Politics
• How it create a security policy
• Types of Firewalls
• Packet Filtering Firewalls
• Proxy Servers
• Application Proxy
• SOCKS Proxy
• Firewall Architecture 
• Dial?up Architecture
• Single Router Architecture
• Firewall with Proxy Server
• Redundent Internet Configuration
• Setting up the Linux Filtering Firewall 
• Hardware requirements
• Software requirements
• Selecting a Kernel
• Selecting a proxy server
• Preparing the Linux system
• Compiling the Kernel
• Configuring two network cards
• Configuring the Network Addresses
• Testing your network
• Securing the Firewall
• IP filtering setup (IPFWADM)
• IP filtering setup (IPCHAINS)
• Installing a Transparent SQUID proxy
• Installing the TIS Proxy server
• Getting the software
• Compiling the TIS FWTK
• Installing the TIS FWTK 
• Configuring the TIS FWTK
• he netperm?table file
• he /etc/services file
• The SOCKS Proxy Server
• Setting up the Proxy Server
• Configuring the Proxy Server
• he Access File
• he Routing File
• Working With a Proxy Server
• Unix
• MS Windows with Trumpet Winsock
• Getting the Proxy Server to work with UDP Packets
• Drawbacks with Proxy Servers
• Advanced Configurations
• A large network with emphasis on security
• The Network Setup
• The Proxy Setup
• Making Management Easy
• Firewall tools
• General tools
• APPENDEX A ? Example Scripts
• RC Script useing GFCC
• GFCC script
• RC Script without GFCC This is the firewall rules set built my hand It does not use GFCC
• APPENDEX B ? An VPN RC Script for RedHat