Find out what Junos can do running a security device. The SRX devices are super-charged firewalls fortified with routing and switching capabilities. So get ready because working on the SRX Series combines powerful Junos networking with a potent set of new security services. This book shows you how to get started: how to console to your SRX device, perform initial configuration, and deploy your new box in a matter of hours. There's no theory, no workarounds, no chatty diversions.
This complete field guide, authorized by Juniper Networks, is the perfect hands-on reference for deploying, configuring, and operating Juniper’s SRX Series networking device. Authors Brad Woodberg and Rob Cameron provide field-tested best practices for getting the most out of SRX deployments, based on their extensive field experience. While their earlier book, Junos Security, covered the SRX platform, this book focuses on the SRX Series devices themselves. You'll learn how to use SRX gateways to address an array of network requirements—including IP routing, intrusion detection, attack mitigation, unified threat management, and WAN acceleration. Along with case studies and troubleshooting tips, each chapter provides study questions and lots of useful illustrations. Explore SRX components, platforms, and various deployment scenarios Learn best practices for configuring SRX’s core networking features Leverage SRX system services to attain the best operational state Deploy SRX in transparent mode to act as a Layer 2 bridge Configure, troubleshoot, and deploy SRX in a highly available manner Design and configure an effective security policy in your network Implement and configure network address translation (NAT) types Provide security against deep threats with AppSecure, intrusion protection services, and unified threat management tools
Junos® Security is the complete and authorized introduction to the new Juniper Networks SRX hardware series. This book not only provides a practical, hands-on field guide to deploying, configuring, and operating SRX, it also serves as a reference to help you prepare for any of the Junos Security Certification examinations offered by Juniper Networks. Network administrators and security professionals will learn how to use SRX Junos services gateways to address an array of enterprise data network requirements -- including IP routing, intrusion detection, attack mitigation, unified threat management, and WAN acceleration. Junos Security is a clear and detailed roadmap to the SRX platform. The author's newer book, Juniper SRX Series, covers the SRX devices themselves. Get up to speed on Juniper’s multi-function SRX platforms and SRX Junos software Explore case studies and troubleshooting tips from engineers with extensive SRX experience Become familiar with SRX security policy, Network Address Translation, and IPSec VPN configuration Learn about routing fundamentals and high availability with SRX platforms Discover what sets SRX apart from typical firewalls Understand the operating system that spans the entire Juniper Networks networking hardware portfolio Learn about the more commonly deployed branch series SRX as well as the large Data Center SRX firewalls "I know these authors well. They are out there in the field applying the SRX's industry-leading network security to real world customers everyday. You could not learn from a more talented team of security engineers." --Mark Bauhaus, EVP and General Manager, Juniper Networks
Whether your network is a complex carrier or just a few machines supporting a small enterprise, JUNOS High Availability will help you build reliable and resilient networks that include Juniper Networks devices. With this book's valuable advice on software upgrades, scalability, remote network monitoring and management, high-availability protocols such as VRRP, and more, you'll have your network uptime at the five, six, or even seven nines -- or 99.99999% of the time. Rather than focus on "greenfield" designs, the authors explain how to intelligently modify multi-vendor networks. You'll learn to adapt new devices to existing protocols and platforms, and deploy continuous systems even when reporting scheduled downtime. JUNOS High Availability will help you save time and money. Manage network equipment with Best Common Practices Enhance scalability by adjusting network designs and protocols Combine the IGP and BGP networks of two merging companies Perform network audits Identify JUNOScripting techniques to maintain high availability Secure network equipment against breaches, and contain DoS attacks Automate network configuration through specific strategies and tools This book is a core part of the Juniper Networks Technical Library™.
This bestselling book serves as the go-to study guide for Juniper Networks enterprise routing certification exams. The second edition has been updated with all the services available to the Junos administrator, including the new set of flow-based security services as well as design guidelines incorporating new services and features of MX, SRX, and EX network devices.
If you’re in charge of a network, you’re probably aware that the only time anyone notices the network is when it goes down. With JUNOS software and JUNOS For Dummies, a friendly book to help you set it up and manage the software, you might be able to start convincing your clients to believe in magic. Here’s the help you need for switching, routing, security, interface configuration, and more. Now, you can go inside JUNOS software and understand everything you need to know about operating a network with JUNOS. You’ll learn how the control plane handles packet delivery and establishes traffic policies and see how a single network operating system can add stability and reliability while saving administrative time. Plus, you’ll find out how to set up a routing protocol that automates configuration of routing tables for greater efficiency and how you can set up individual or group user accounts locally on the route, or on remote centralized authentication servers. By the time you finish this book, you’ll know how to: Work with the JUNOS network operating system Set up and configure a Juniper router Connect, manage, and troubleshoot routers and other Juniper appliances Make your network more efficient Configure JUNOS default security features as well as restricted physical access to protect routers Solve hardware, software, interface, and router problems Integrate JUNOS with other systems Complete with lists of the most useful commands, IOS-JUNOS command conversions, and the best place to seek additional help, JUNOSFor Dummies is your one-stop guide to getting started with and mastering JUNOS.
