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Configuring Check Point NGX VPN-1/FireWall-1
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Secure Your Network and Build a Bulletproof VPN
Configuring Check Point NGX VPN-1/FireWall-1 is the perfect reference for anyone migrating from earlier versions of Check Point’s flagship firewall/VPN product as well as those deploying VPN-1/FireWall-1 for the first time. This book covers all of NGX’s dramatic changes and new, enhanced features. You’ll learn how to secure the integrity of your network’s data, communications, and applications from a multitude of blended threats. Protect your network against breaches of its perimeter and Internet access points. Also, learn to recognize and prevent internal threats. Written by an all-star team of Check Point-Certified experts, this is the only book you will need to securely and efficiently deploy, troubleshoot, and maintain Check Point NGX. This book is also the perfect complementary study tool for Check Point’s certification exams.
- Combat Threats with Active Intelligence
Deploy SmartDefense to defend against sophisticated attacks and Web Intelligence to protect Web servers and Web-based applications.
- Manage Your Installation with SmartDashboard
Use the single management console to efficiently manage your entire Check Point security infrastructure, including VPN gateways, Connectra devices, and InterSpect devices.
- Design and Deploy VPNs to Support Complex Networks
Take advantage of NGX’s dramatically improved dynamic routing suite, multicast support, route-based VPN, and Advanced Tunnel Monitoring.
- Enable Voice-over-IP Traffic
Ensure security and QoS for multiple protocols, including SIP, H.323, MGCP, SCCP, and RTP.
- Perform Content Filtering
Stop malicious traffic by using Check Point Security Servers and by integrating third-party solutions through the OPSEC API.
- Monitor Traffic with SmartView Tracker and Eventia Reporter
Collect and correlate data from your log files to efficiently update and maintain your security policies.
- Simplify Updates and License Management with SmartUpdate
Streamline administrative tasks and quickly update licenses, view product and operating system versions, and generate CPInfo files.
- Master SecurePlatform Pro
Take advantage of the powerful new features offered in SecurePlatform Pro, including support for BGP, OSPF, RIP-1, RIP-2, PIM-DM, PIM-SM, and IGMP.
Table Of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction to Firewalls and VPN-1/FireWall-1
Chapter 2 What’s New in NGX
Chapter 3 Installing Check Point NGX
Chapter 4 Upgrading to NGX
Chapter 5 SmartDashboard and SmartPortal
Chapter 6 SmartView Tracker
Chapter 7 SmartDefense and Web Intelligence
Chapter 8 Network Address Translation
Chapter 9 Authentication
Chapter 10 Content Security and OPSEC
Chapter 11 VPN
Chapter 12 SecuRemote, SecureClient, and Integrity
Chapter 13 SmartUpdate
Chapter 14 SecurePlatform
Chapter 15 Monitoring Tools
Chapter 16 Enabling Voice-over-IP Traffic
About The Authors
Robert Stephens (CISSP, CCSE+, NSA, NSA-IAM) was a contributor to Check Point NG VPN-1/FireWall-1 Advanced Configuration and Troubleshooting (Syngress, ISBN: 1-931836-97-3). Robert is a Senior Security Consultant at VigilantMinds Inc., a national managed security services provider (MSSP), headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA. Current work responsibilities focus on his firewall expertise. He has more than a decade of experience in network design, implementation, and security. Robert holds a bachelor’s degree in Criminology from the University of Pittsburgh and a master’s degree in Management Information Systems from Duquesne University.
Barry J. Stiefel (CCSA/CCSE/CCSE+/CCSI, CISSP, NSA IAM, MCSE, CCNA, RCSA/RCSE/RCSI, FCSE) is the Founder and President of CPUG, The Check Point User Group. He's been a Check Point implementer, consultant, courseware developer, author, speaker, and instructor since 1997 and provides the only Check Point training course that includes earning the CCSA and CCSE certifications right in the classroom.
He is coauthor on CCSA Next Generation Check Point Certified Security Administrator Study Guide and Check Point NG VPN-1/FireWall-1: Advanced Configuration and Troubleshooting, both by Syngress Publishing. He is also the President of Information Engine, Inc. a consulting and technical services firm, and was previously the President of the Windows NT Engineering Association.
Stephen Watkins (CISSP) is an Information Security Professional with more than 10 years of relevant technology experience, devoting eight of these years to the security field. He currently serves as Information Assurance Analyst at Regent University in southeastern Virginia. Before coming to Regent, he led a team of security professionals providing in-depth analysis for a global-scale government network. Over the last eight years, he has cultivated his expertise with regard to perimeter security and multilevel security architecture. His Check Point experience dates back to 1998 with FireWall-1 version 3.0b.
Simon Desmeules (CCSI, ISS, RSA, CCNA, CNA) is the Technical Security Director of AVANCE Network Services, an Assystem company with more than 8,500 employees worldwide. AVANCE is located in Montreal, Canada. His responsibilities include architectural design, technical consulting, and tactical emergency support for perimeter security technologies for several Fortune 500 companies in Canada, France, and the United States. Simon has been delivering Check Point training for the past three years throughout Canada. His background includes positions as a firewall/intrusion security specialist for pioneer firms of Canadian Security, Maxon Services, and SINC. He is an active member of the FW-1, ISS, and Snort mailing lists where he discovers new problems and consults with fellow security specialists. Simon has worked with Syngress before while contributing to Check Point Next Generation Security Administration (Syngress, ISBN: 1-928994-74-1) and Check Point Next Generation with Application Intelligence Security Administration (Syngress, ISBN: 1-932266-89-5).
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