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Configuring Juniper Networks NetScreen & SSG Firewalls

• Rob Cameron, Security Solutions Engineer for Juniper Networks, San Jose, CA
• Chris Cantrell
• Anne Hemni
• Lisa Lorenzin

Audience
Juniper Networks family of NetScreen and SSG Firewalls are second only to Cisco in worldwide unit sales. These devices are becoming increasingly sophisticated as threats to networks continue to grow exponentially. This is the essential reference for any IT professional responsible for configuring and managing the devices.

Configuring Juniper Networks NetScreen & SSG Firewalls is the only complete reference to this family of products. It covers all of the newly released features of the product line as highlighted by Juniper Networks, including:

• Deep Inspection firewall extends stateful inspection to detect

application level attacks and stop them at the network perimeter.

• Integrated Intrusion Prevention for unmatched application-level

protection against worms, Trojans, Spyware and malware in the

enterprise, carrier and data center environments.

• Centralized, policy-based management minimizes the chance of

overlooking security holes by simplifying roll-out and network-wide

updates.

• Virtualization technologies make it easy for administrators to divide

the network into secure segments for additional protection.

• Built-in high availability features allow pairs of devices to be deployed together to eliminate single points of failure

• Rapid Deployment features help minimize repetitive tasks and

administrative burden associated with wide spread deployments.