SAFE does start out with the explicit assumption that a Security Policy is already in place.
FWIW, there is an example Security Polcy in the MCNS course book from Cisco Press -- Mike Wenstrom's book -- http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1578701031/qid=1056122196/sr=1-21/ref=sr_1_21/104-7746290-9333516?v=glance&s=books There are places where I disagree with how it's put together, but they really are more differeneces of style rather than substance. Annlee ""Howard C. Berkowitz"" wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > As you've reminded me many times, Annlee, one really needs a security > policy and a threat assessment before going into the details of the > security architecture solution. SAFE doesn't give much guidance on > policy formulation. > > I'm concerned with the goal statement of the original poster, "Want > to go for network security, e.g., protect against virus attack," when > virus attack isn't even a network security issue -- it's a host > issue. Arguably, worm, as opposed to virus attacks, are both host and > network, because they can affect bandwidth. > > > At 1:40 PM +0000 6/19/03, annlee wrote: > >Here's a good place to start -- > > > >http://www.cisco.com/en/US/netsol/ns110/ns170/ns171/ns128/networking_soluti ons_package.html > > > >Pick a blueprint appropriate to your organization's size and the type of > >networking you do. SAFE is a mental architecture, as much as anything -- > >it's a "think about the whole problem but solve it in increments" kind of > >approach, I think. > > > >HTH > > > >Annlee > > > >""milind tare"" wrote in message > >news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Dear All, > >> > >> > >> i hv following setup;- > >> > >> > >> 2 6506 core switches having redundancy. 10 Nos. 3508 > >> Distribution Switches. and 3500 series access's > >> switches. in whole plant i hv 140 switches. > >> > >> want to go for network security. e.g. protect from > >> virus attact , hacking so can anyone sugest me cisco > >> product. please give me the URL also so i can study. > >> > >> Thanks & Regards, > > > milind Tare Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=70981&t=70841 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
