
YuChakTinMichael‘sGIACGCFWProjectAssignment
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simplicityasthekeytosuccessfulfirewallimplementation
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Inordertomakesimplerulebasepossible,wemustdividethedefenseworkinto
piecesandhavethesepiecesdistributedamongmultiplefirewalls.Witheachfirewall
enforcingasmallersubsetoftheoverallpolicies,thefollowingbenefitscanbe
achieved:
n Reducethecomplexityofeachrulebase.
n Reducethechanceofmisconfigurationandruleconflictsineachrulebase.
n Reducetherulebaseprocessingoverheadoneachfirewall.
n Eliminatesinglepointoffailure.
n Easytroubleshooting.
n Scalability.
Theabovebenefitscannotbeobtainedwithoutpayingaprice.Thetradeoffsare:
n Additionalhardwarehavetobepurchased.
n Additionalmaintenanceworksareexpected.
n Itcanbearguedthatthemorehardwareinvolved,thehighertheprobabilityof
hardwarefailureleadingtonetworkdowntime.
n Somesecurityadministratorsfearthattheword“simplicity”meansinferior
technicalskills.
Therearealwaystradeoffs.Idecidedtogoforadesignwhichadvocates
Simplicity.Inmydesign,Itriedtohaveasfewrulesaspossiblebeingenforcedat
eachfirewall.
IPInfrastructure
Oncethetechnicalrequirementshavebeen defined,theGIACnetworkissegmented
intomultiplesubnetsforprotectionunderdifferentfirewallsatdifferentlayers.
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http://www.enteract.com/~lspitz/rules.html
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