Introduction to Firewalls

Says it's an introduction, but runs to many pages with lots of information in there on many topics. I thought it was worth linking to

Introduction to Firewalls

http://www.jaec.info/Tutorial-Secur...rewall-Protection/ID1-Firewall-Protection.php

 

Nice found. Will read it at the weekend.

 

Thanks for the link, I think this is a little to involved for beginners, as this goes into explaining the network "layers", but somthing that could possibly be added for the intermediate/advanced user.

 

I'd agree - this is more like "Introduction to Firewalls for Network Professionals Who Understand the OSI 7-Layer Model But Have Been on Planet Mars for the Last Seven Years". If you know enough about networking for that article to be an easy read, you'd almost certainly know firewalls inside-out so this is more a case of an article being targeted at the wrong level. Much of what it discusses also applies more to "enterprise firewalls" (e.g. application proxying) rather than personal ones.

Topics like Stateful Packet Inspection have already been mentioned for an expert-level FAQ so a link to this article may be appropriate in a "More Information" list there, but a proper introduction needs to be easier on the brain.

 

I'm really glad that you like my article(tutorial).
I add new tutorials every week. Now I will put: Guide to IEEE 802.11i - security in WAN
in work - Symbian OS tutorial for mobile. (it is un application for my master project )
Any other suggestion about security and programming is welcome