Cisco Secure Firewall Services Module (FWSM) Best practices for securing networks with FWSM Ray Blair, CCIE No. 7050 Arvind Durai, CCIE No. 7016 Firewall Services Module (FWSM) is a high performance stateful-inspection firewall that integrates into the Cisco 6500 and 7600 router chassis. The FWSM is a key component to anyone deploying network security. Cisco Secure Firewall Services Module (FWSM) covers all aspects of the FWSM. By reading this book, you will learn how the FWSM functions, the differences between the FWSM and the ASA Security Appliance, how to implement and maintain the FWSM, the latest features of the FWSM, and how to configure common installations. Ray Blair, CCIE No. He is also a CNE and CISSP. Arvind Durai, CCIE No. Durai maintains two CCIE certifications, in Routing and Switching and Security. Understand modes of operation, security levels, and context for the FWSM routing protocol configuration and host-chassis to support the FWSM Deploying ACLs and Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) Apply the policy map class and double FWSMs Configuring failover support for applications and protocols Configure and examination Filter traffic using filter servers, ActiveX, and Java filtering functions Learn how IP multicast and the FWSM interact Increase performance with firewall load balancing Configure IPv6 and asymmetric routing Reducing network attacks using shunning, anti-spoofing, connection limits, and timeouts Check network design, management , and best practice problem solving Security book is part of the Cisco Press Networking Technology series. Security titles from Cisco Press help networking professionals secure critical data and resources, prevent and reduce network attacks, and build self-defending network end-to-end. Category: Networking: Security Covers: Firewall security