Here are some URLs you should find helpful:
http://www.tis.com/Home/NetworkSecurity/Firewalls/FAQ.html
http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/firewalls-faq/faq.html
http://www.willamette.edu/~dlabar/firewall.html
http://www.univ-rennes1.fr/CRU/Securite/1INDEXs/gb.html
(has links to several documents on firewalls; don't be put of by the page being
in French; most of the documents it links to are in English)
I also suggest you get your hands on:
Cheswick, William and Steven Bellovin: FIREWALLS AND INTERNET
SECURITY...REPELLING THE WILY HACKER (1994, Addison-Wesley)
Karen Goertzel
Manager, International Programmes and Special Projects
Secure Systems and Services Operation
Wang Federal, Inc.
7900 Westpark Drive - MS 700
McLean, Virginia 22102-4299
TEL: 703-827 3914
FAX: 703-827 3161
Internet: goertzek @
wangfed .
com
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