Sidewinder: 5-Day McAfee Firewall Enterprise System Administration
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In this fast-paced hands-on introduction to Firewall Enterprise, you will learn day-to-day administration skills and the knowledge required to use those skills effectively.
Note: You are required to bring your own laptop to class.
What You'll Learn
- Basics of the Firewall System
- System Installation, Integration, Auditing, and Reporting
- Configuring and Customizing DNS and HTTP
- Policy and System Management
- Configuring Authentication
- TrustedSource
- Passport Authentication and SSL Decryption
- IPSec VPNs and Signature-Based IPS
- Reliability and Scalability
- Function-Specific Diagnostics and Debug Tools
Who Needs to Attend
Administrators who need to enhance their Firewall Enterprise expertise
Prerequisites
Basic computing and networking skills
Follow-On Courses
There are no follow-ons for this course.
Course Outline
1. Firewall System Overview
2. Installation and Integration
3. Auditing and Reporting
4. DNS Configuration and Customization
5. Policy Management
6. Authentication Configuration
7. System Management
8. HTTP Configuration and Customization
9. TrustedSource
10. Passport Authentication
11. SSL Decryption
12. IPSec VPNs
13. Signature-Based IPS
14. Reliability and Scalability
15. Function-Specific Diagnostics and Debug Tools
Labs
Lab 1: Administration Tools Installation
Lab 2: Re-Image the Firewall with Sidewinder Software
Lab 3: Quick Start Wizard
Lab 4: Sidewinder GUI Admin Console
Lab 5: Allow SSH Access
Lab 6: Activate Firewall License
Lab 7: Sidewinder Packages/Patches
Lab 8: Static Routes
Lab 9: Configure an Additional Network
Lab 10: Sidewinder Firewall Verification
Lab 11: Audit File Rotation
Lab 12: IPS Attack Responses
Lab 13: Sidewinder Reports
Lab 14: Man Page
Lab 15: Split DNS Configuration/
- Native Domain/ Internet DNS Server
- Native Domain/ Unbound DNS Server
- Additional Domain
- Reverse Zone Entries
- Slave Zone
- Delegation
Lab 16: Network Objects and Netgroups Rule Elements
Lab 17: TCP/UDP Packet Filter Rule
Lab 18: Discard IP Filter
Lab 19: Configure SSH Server and Proxy to Run Together
Lab 20: Allowing Outbound Access with Proxy Rules
Lab 21: Allowing Outbound Access Using Service Groups
Lab 22: Sidewinder Configuration Backup
Lab 23: Allowing Inbound Access
Lab 24: Allowing Inbound Access Using Netmaps
Lab 25: Allowing Non Transparent Outbound Access with Proxy Rules
Lab 26: Proxy and Administrator Account Users
Lab 27: Sendmail/ Native Domain Mail
Lab 28: Sendmail Configuration/
- Additional Domain
- Rejecting Mail
- Sendmail Configuration Restore
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