Format

Classroom

Duration

4.0 Day(s)

Description

This course will teach the student how to install and configure the IBM Firewall Version 3.3 for Windows NT. Hands-on labs are included as part of the learning process.

Audience

This course is intended for systems and networking personnel who are responsible for planning, installing and/or implementing the IBM SecureWay Firewall for Windows NT product.

Prerequisites

Before taking this course, you should be familiar with:
o Basic security concepts
o TCP/IP, including DNS and Sendmail
o Windows NT
The companion prerequisite course Internet Security and Firewall Concepts (IN32/N3202) MUST be taken before attending the Firewall implementation course. Detailed knowledge of security issues, including the configuration of DNS, and so forth, are covered in the companion prerequisite course and will NOT be revisited in the implementation course. For your convenience, the two courses are typically offered back-to-back in the same week.

Objectives

After taking this course you should be able to:
o List the installation/customization steps required to install the Firewall for Windows NT product
o Define the Domain Name Server and Mail Server support included with Firewall for NT
o Exercise the Java GUI interface
o Exercise the customization steps of the various firewall options supported by the Firewall for Windows NT
o Discuss the various logging options available with the Firewall product

Contents

o Windows NT TCP/IP installation and customization
o Firewall installation
o Java-based GUI
o Domain Name Services (DNS)
o Mail and Secure Mail Proxy
o Filter rules
o Monitoring and reporting (logs)
o Firewall user administration
o Proxy services (FTP, Telnet, HTTP)
o Transparent proxies (FTP, Telnet, HTTP)
o Socks V5
o Network Address Translation (NAT)
o Virtual Private Networks