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Title: Network Security Principles and Practices (CCIE Professional Development) by Saadat Malik, Saadat Malik ISBN: 1-58705-025-0 Publisher: Pearson Education Pub. Date: 15 November, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $55.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (12 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: An Excellent Reference!
Comment: Many people criticize Cisco Press titles as being bound versions of the documentation that is freely available on their website. To a certain extent, I agree with that and I suppose you could say some of the same things about this book. However, this has been the most reliable and thorough title in my technical library, bar none. Like other Cisco titles, this book does suffer from minor technical mistakes and editing oversights but this does not overshadow the incredible wealth of information contained in this book. If you're looking for a comprehensive reference on Cisco network security (fundamental concepts and advanced topics), detailed discussions of IPSec and case studies to illustrate the concepts, this is your book. And, even though this book is targeted toward CCIE professional development, I found it very useful in filling in some of the gaps for lower level certifications (as I found myself preparing for the CSS1/CCSP after the tests had been updated, but not the self-study materials). If you do any work with Cisco security equipment, especially in the areas of firewalls and VPNs, you should probably have this book. It will save you a mess of time by keeping you off Cisco's website or off the phone with TAC. Really, I can't say enough good things about this title.
Rating: 5
Summary: Essential Network Security Reference
Comment: I recently had the opportunity to read Network Security Principles and Practices (ISBN 1587050250) from Cisco Press's CCIE Professional Development series.
I am a CCNA currently studying for the CCSP, however I am not interested only in putting more letters on my resume; I want to understand and apply the knowledge on the networks that I work on. I want to know bit-by-bit what happens when two peers negotiate a connection and especially how it can go wrong. Additionally, what tools can I use to detect problems and monitor the health of the network?
I appreciate that Malik respects and expects the reader's understanding of basic networking concepts. I have too many books on the shelf that claim to cover advanced topics, yet they spend hundreds of pages explaining the basics of subnetting or binary to decimal conversion before they dive in to content promised by the title.
I am currently reading another book to prepare for the Securing Cisco IOS Networks exam (SECUR 642-501). While it adequately covers the "whats" and all of the topics required for the exam it does not always fill in the "whys". Network Security Principles and Practices has helped to fill in the gaps.
Since the text is published by Cisco Press and is deigned to support the CCIE Security written exam, it is naturally Cisco-centric. However I would like to see coverage of more non-cisco solutions such as Snort for IDS or possibly typical problems creating VPN tunnels between Cisco equipment non-Cisco equipment.
The organization of content within the chapters is logical and easy to navigate. Chapters are prefaced by an outline of the key topics and wrapped up with a summary and a set of review questions. Malik uses examples and drawings that are easy to understand and most illustrate common real-world scenarios.
The case studies at the end of many chapters were especially valuable to me. For example each of the case studies in the PIX chapter include a description of the case, a drawing of the network topology (including host & network addresses), and most importantly the device configuration annotated with Malik's explanations. There is no need to look up the commands in another reference or to guess what concept in the chapter's text the command addresses.
As one would expect from the manager of the Cisco VPN & Network Security groups, Malik's sections for troubleshooting NAT, PIX Firewalls, IOS Firewalls, VPN's, Intrusion Detection, and AAA are very thorough. Malik explains the IOS show and debug commands used for troubleshooting, as well as their output. Anyone responsible for NAT should make the NAT troubleshooting section mandatory reading for the Order of Operations and Common Problems and Resolutions sections.
Every page of Saadat Malik's tome of Network Security has helped me to better understand security principles and best practices. This book will become a key text in my reference library not just for exam preparation, but for daily network security administration. This text won't collect any dust on my shelf. I rate it five out of five stars and I eagerly await new titles from Malik.
Rating: 5
Summary: "the howto" security book to which others must aspire
Comment: This is simply the best book for SecurIE's or security specialist's that I have ever read, the depth to which Mr Malik goes into and its accuracy are astounding.
It reads very well but also makes great reference material, and his explanation of IPsec and IKE has got rid of my 'numb feeling' from reading other books.
I cannot recommend this book enough!
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Title: CCIE Security Exam Certification Guide (CCIE Self-Study) by Henry Benjamin ISBN: 1587200651 Publisher: Cisco Press Pub. Date: 04 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $69.95 |
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Title: CCIE Practical Studies: Security (CCIE Self-Study) by Dmitry Bokotey, Andrew Mason, Raymond Morrow ISBN: 1587051109 Publisher: Cisco Press Pub. Date: 09 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $75.00 |
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Title: CCIE Security Practice Labs (CCIE Self-Study) by Fahim Hussain Yusuf Bhaiji ISBN: 1587051346 Publisher: Pearson Education Pub. Date: 24 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
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Title: CCIE Practical Studies, Vol. 2 (CCIE Self-Study) by Karl Solie, Leah Lynch ISBN: 1587050722 Publisher: Pearson Education Pub. Date: 10 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $75.00 |
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Title: Routing TCP/IP, Volume II (CCIE Professional Development) by Jeff Doyle, Jennifer DeHaven Carroll ISBN: 1578700892 Publisher: Cisco Press Pub. Date: 11 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $70.00 |
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