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1. INTRODUCTION..........................................................................................................32. THE DRAWING BOARD.............................................................................................52.1 Collect your requirements and identify basic components of the network...............62.2 Overlaying design criteria on the network................................................................82.3 Introducing MPLS or OTHER ALTERNATIVES...................................................92.3 Balancing your design.............................................................................................113. DEFINE SEGMENTED NETWORKS........................................................................123.1 Define segmented networks – IP Management and planning.................................123.2 Examples of MPLS configuration and testing........................................................143.4 Redraw physical infrastructure and logical infrastructure......................................233.5 Perimeter router and Firewall design......................................................................24
3.5.1 Perimeter router ACL example
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3.5.1 How to keep your bogon or unassigned IP address updated
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3.5.2 Consider some advanced options for access control lists
.....................293.5.3 Perimeter Firewall design................................................................................30
4. DATA CENTER FIREWALL’s and VPN
......................................................................334.1 Define Data center firewall needs, modes of firewall operation............................33
4.1.a Choice of firewall modes and suitable applications.
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4.1.b Defining simplifying and maintaining the Firewall rule base.
................364.3 VPN Placement - think outside the “bun”..............................................................39
4.3.a VPN operation mode encryption and consider SSLVPN user-land / non-administrative operation of VPN
..................................................................425. PUBLIC SERVICES DESIGN – DMZ........................................................................435.1 Define public facing services : DNS, WEB and MAIL..........................................43
5.1.a Split DNS and firewall protection. DNS protected from local DNS (ADor other database) eDNS implementation. Firewall planning.
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5.1.b Public WEB and secure services through reverse proxy and ssl-reverse proxy – apache
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5.1.c MAIL service defined and protected from local groupware.
..................495.2 IPS/IDS, Probes and Syslog servers Oh my!..........................................................51
5.2.a Placement considerations of IPS, IDS, Probes.
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5.2.b. Logging servers and tracking
....................................................................536. SECURING YOUR LAYER 2 HOSTS & NETWORKS............................................546.1 Switch and radius configuration and 802.1x design – in Cisco IOS......................54
6.1.a Providing flexibility to your users using REALMS.
..................................606.3 Making exception to the rules – printers, Ethernet enabled devices, guest access,non-dot1x aware clients................................................................................................626.4 Simplifying your configuration, backing up and auditing of Layer 2 switches......657. TAKE IT FURTHER...................................................................................................697.1 Future networks need segmentation, authentication and authorization – HIPPA,FERPA, CLEA, PCI.....................................................................................................70