The best place to start is perhaps the bible of firewalling:
Building Internet Firewalls by Chapman and Zwicky O'Reilly & Associates
handles it.
Get a base understanding of the whole scheme there, then proceed on
<smile>.
Thanks,
Ron DuFresne
On Fri, 5 May 2000, Myron Jabido wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've got a job where I'm basically getting paid to find information on
> setting up firewalls, learn everything I can about them, teach my boss about
> them, and eventually set up a firewall for our network. I'm really just
> starting to look for information, but I've found so much in only a day and a
> half. It's almost overwhelming. And, since I don't really want to waste
> everyone's time answering really basic questions, I was wondering if you all
> knew of any sites where they have some fairly basic information on firewalls
> (including the different types of firewalls, setting up firewalls, proxy
> servers, and whatever else there is).
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Myron
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