[SECURITY-L] CAIS-PUB: NIST Guidelines on Firewalls and Firewall Policy

[Daniela Regina Barbetti]

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From: "Liliana E. Velasquez Alegre Solha" <nina em cais.rnp.br>
Subject: [S] CAIS-PUB: NIST Guidelines on Firewalls and Firewall Policy
To: <seguranca em pangeia.com.br>
Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 16:44:47 -0200 (EDT)


Pessoal,

Nesta ultima semana foi publicado pelo NIST um guia sobre firewalls e VPN:

Guidelines on Firewalls and Firewall Policy
http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-41/sp800-41.pdf

Talvez seja do interesse de voces.

Alias, recomendo que visitem a seguinte URL a partir da qual podem ser
acessados este e outros papers na area de seguranca, alguns bastante
interessantes:

http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/index.html

Um abraco,

Nina
CAIS/RNP


January 4, 2002 -- NIST is pleased to announce Special Publication 800-41,
Guidelines on Firewalls and Firewall Policy. This document contains an
overview of recent developments in firewall technology, and guidance on
configuring firewall environments. It discusses firewall access control,
active content filtering, DMZs, and co-location with VPNs, web and email
servers, and intrusion detection. It contains guidance on developing
firewall policy and recommendations for administering firewalls. Lastly, it
contains several appendices with links to other firewall-related resources
and recommendations for configuring and operating firewalls.

URL to view the Firewall document:
<http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/index.html>  document is
available in .pdf format.





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