Unit 1 - Firewall Planning and Design

Textbook: Greg Holden. Guide to Firewalls and Network Security Intrusion Detection and VPNs. Massachusetts: Thomson Course Technology, 2006
Reading: Chapter 1

Assignments:

Review Questions RQ): Chapter 1, Questions 1-20, Assignment due tonight.

Case Assignment 1 (CA1) p35:
Title: Making a Case for a Firewall
Deliverables and format:
The paper should be a minimum of two (2) pages in length.
Microsoft Word - Font: Arial Size: 11 Point, Double spaced


Case Assignment 2 (CA2) p35:
Title: Locating the Network Perimeter
Deliverables and format:
The paper should not exceed 250 words in length.
Microsoft Word - Font: Arial Size: 11 Point, Double spaced
Case Assignments are due before the start of class next week.

Labs: Lab assignments are due tonight
Lab1: LabSim Security+ complete 5.2 Firewalls
Title: LabSim Security+ 5.2
▪ Task: What is the difference between enabling the reserved or well-known ports on the firewall versus enabling the ports in NAT?
▪ Deliverables and format: After you complete the simulation, take a screen shot of the final page and submit it to the instructor tonight along with the task questionin a Word document.

Refer to Hands-On Projects (p31) in your textbook for the following Lab assignments
Lab2: Project 1-1 View Active Connections
Lab3: Project 1-2 Search for a Numbered Request for Comment (RFC)
Lab4: Project 1-4 Do Your Own Manual “Port Scanning”
Deliverables: Use screenshots to document your work

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