As a network administrator, auditor or architect, you know the
importance of securing your network and finding security solutions you
can implement quickly. This succinct book departs from other security
literature by focusing exclusively on ways to secure Cisco routers,
rather than the entire network. The rational is simple: If the router
protecting a network is exposed to hackers, then so is the network
behind it. Hardening Cisco Routers is a reference for protecting the
protectors. Included are the following topics:
Written by Thomas Akin, an experienced Certified Information Systems
Security Professional (CISSP) and Certified Cisco Academic Instructor
(CCAI), the book is well organized, emphasizing practicality and a
hands-on approach. At the end of each chapter, Akin includes a Checklist
that summarizes the hardening techniques discussed in the chapter. The
Checklists help you double-check the configurations you have been
instructed to make, and serve as quick references for future security
procedures.Concise and to the point, Hardening Cisco Routers supplies
you with all the tools necessary to turn a potential vulnerability into
a strength. In an area that is otherwise poorly documented, this is the
one book that will help you make your Cisco routers rock solid.
