CCNP Security FIREWALL 642-617 Official Cert Guide

by David Hucaby

This is Cisco's official, comprehensive self-study resource for preparing for the new CCNP Security Firewall exam, one of the four required exams for CCNP Security certification. Designed for intermediate-to-advanced level readers, it covers every objective concisely and logically, with extensive teaching features designed to promote retention and understanding. Readers will find: " Pre-chapter quizzes to assess knowledge upfront and focus study more efficiently " Foundation topics sections that explain concepts and configurations, and link theory to actual configuration commands " Key topics sections calling attention to every figure, table, and list that candidates must know " Exam Preparation sections with additional chapter review features " Final preparation chapter providing tools and a complete final study plan " Customizable practice test library on CD-ROM This book's comprehensive coverage includes: " Understanding and working with Cisco ASA " Deploying basic and IP connectivity " Managing ASAs and recording their activities " Using address translation " Controlling access and inspecting traffic " Using Proxy services to control access " Controlling Quality of Service (QoS) " Creating Virtual Firewalls " Deploying high availability features " Integrating ASA Service Modules

1190 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 1, 2011

About the author

David Hucaby, CCIE® No. 4594, is a lead network engineer for the University of Kentucky, where he works with healthcare networks based on the Cisco Catalyst, IP Telephony, PIX, and VPN product lines. David was one of the beta reviewers of the PIX version 7 Firewall operating system software.

Reviews

[Indranil Mondal · Rating 4 out of 5]

Like most cisco books this was too very informative. Truth be told. This book is not full of best practices and recommended course of actions. This book is filled with all the possibilities that may or may not happen in real world production networks. However this book had gone into extreme details at places and made me start tear off my hair out of rage. LOL!!!

I wonder if cisco press books could become a little precise and more best practice oriented, just a little bit. If that could be the case than the people who opted for certification would feel more at home and learn the tried and tested way of securing and verifying a network.

[Ngutierrez31 · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great experience! I had virtual ASA's to play with while studying for this and I really gave it my all! It was a really good time, as this really went over a lot of fundamental ideas and application. 5 out of 5 for a first policy based firewall book to read!

[Nadeem Abbas]

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[81reaper · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great book for acquiring the 642-618 cert. I was successful in getting my cert and you should have no problems if you can find a way to stay awake and keep grinding through the pages.

[Calvin Christopher · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book, very thorough and well thought out. My personal favorite Cisco Press book to date

[Calvin Christopher · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book, very thorough and well thought out. My personal favorite Cisco Press book to date

[Tarek Fouad · Rating 4 out of 5]

Written in a very good way and full of a very good experience.
It is not a must for the exam, you know what is needed for the exam, but it is very valuable for firewall experience.