Best Selling Books by Paul Hoffman

This document seeks to assist organizations in understanding the capabilities of firewall technologies and firewall policies. It provides practical guidance on developing firewall policies and selecting, configuring, testing, deploying, and managing firewalls.

An easy-paced guide that takes readers from the basics to intermediate level techniques. The hands-on exercises, helpful illustrations, and real-life examples get readers off to a rapid start. After reading the book, readers will have a thorough understanding of the newest version of Microsoft Word for the Macintosh.

This bestseller targets all Internet users, providing quick alphabetic access to concepts and terminology associated with the Internet. This edition covers graphical and character-based user interfaces, making it well suited for all users. The book points to updated resources and changes on the Internet, and includes a new appendix showing various ways to get connected to the Internet.

Covers all the new features of release 6.

Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) provide users with secure remote access to an organization''s resources. An SSL VPN consists of one or more VPN devices to which users connect using their Web browsers. The traffic between the Web browser and SSL VPN device is encrypted with the SSL protocol. SSL VPNs can provide remote users with access to Web applications and client/server applications, as well as connectivity to internal networks. They offer versatility and ease of use because they use the SSL protocol, which is included with all standard Web browsers, so special client configuration or installation is often not required. In planning a VPN deployment, many organizations are faced with a choice between an IPsec-based VPN and an SSL-based VPN. This document seeks to assist organizations in understanding SSL VPN technologies. The publication also makes recommendations for designing, implementing, configuring, securing, monitoring, and maintaining SSL VPN solutions. SP 800-113 provides a phased approach to SSL VPN planning and implementation that can help in achieving successful SSL VPN deployments. It also includes a comparison with other similar technologies such as Internet Protocol Security (IPsec) VPNs and other VPN solutions.