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Comment on Dr. Tom Shinder’s Configuring ISA Server 2004 by Samir Ovalekar

Samir Ovalekar — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:19:51 +0000

I was totally new to ISA and came to know about this book from the ISAServer forum.

It not only gives in-sight into the inner workings of the product but also speaks about the philosophy and history behind the creation of this versatile tool.

Understanding, Installing and Configuring ISA is just a piece of cake with this book Rating: 4 / 5

Comment on Dr. Tom Shinder’s Configuring ISA Server 2004 by Charlie

Charlie — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:37:43 +0000

I bought this book based upon recommendations from the reviews. It didn't live up to the hype.

The information was O.K. but I found it missing detail on the different variations on where to install the device. It talked about rings of security but didn't really go into "detail" on how to set up different types.

Different types being a edge firewall, front firewall, back firewall, or parallel configuration.
Rating: 3 / 5

Comment on Dr. Tom Shinder’s Configuring ISA Server 2004 by A S

A S — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:07:20 +0000

Great reference manual, easy to read, great examples. I use this as a reference book for quick settings changes and deployments. I highly recommend this book.
Rating: 5 / 5

Comment on Dr. Tom Shinder’s Configuring ISA Server 2004 by Anderson Marin Matozinho

Anderson Marin Matozinho — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:55:57 +0000

I found that the book more entered deep on configurations of the ISA server with the Exchange server and the other applications as Web Cache.
Rating: 4 / 5

Comment on Linksys by Cisco WUSB54GC Compact Wireless-G USB Adapter by Joseph A. Gustafson

Joseph A. Gustafson — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:29:58 +0000

This took maybe 4 minutes to install — very easy. I was hoping that the signal strenght would be better but it works just fine. My wireless laptop picks up a stronger signal than my desktop PC (on which I installed this item).
Rating: 3 / 5

Comment on Cisco ASA and PIX Firewall Handbook by J. Forristel

J. Forristel — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:24:57 +0000

While the book was rather detailed in several areas, I was hoping it would be more detailed on the subject of VPN. While most of it is straight forward, configuring VPN on the 5520 was a pain. Someone reading this book should be from a large enterprise, using failover, etc. Someone from a small company that is not using these features might find it to be overkill, and start looking for other books to meet their specific needs.
Rating: 4 / 5

Comment on Dr. Tom Shinder’s Configuring ISA Server 2004 by M. Keo

M. Keo — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:54:19 +0000

I’ve just got this book yesterday and now trying to configure a “Trihomed DMZ Network” from Chapter 7 page 591 through page 613 and found the instructions for configuring Network Rules and Firewall Policy very very confusing. Basically, the instructions for creating ROUTE and NAT network were basically the same thing – even though one topic mentioned to create a NAT network and the other a Route network (p. 602 – 603).

So far, I have only experimented with configuring the Trihomed Network section and found the repeated instructions to be inaccurate.
Rating: 2 / 5

Comment on Linksys by Cisco WUSB54GC Compact Wireless-G USB Adapter by Ade O. Ogunmokun

Ade O. Ogunmokun — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:52:42 +0000

It took too long to get this product, almost 2-3 weeks. These people continued to send me emails about the adapter but did not send it for some odd reason. I would not recommend this company to anyone. The service was extremely poor. I hate waiting, If I pay for a product, I expect to get it quick. This had never happend to me with Amazon before. I am never going to order from this on company again. I am not the type to rate service with Amazon and this is my first time doing this. I felt like I had to do this to inform others of the service that I had gotten. DO NOT ORDER FROM THESE PEOPLE!!!!!!!! Amazon is wonderful, I am talking about the company that dispatched the adapter.
Rating: 1 / 5

Comment on Cisco ASA and PIX Firewall Handbook by John Gordon Ainsworth

John Gordon Ainsworth — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:13:43 +0000

The subtitle for Cisco ASA and PIX firewall Handbook states that it is "the complete guide" for PIX, ASA, FWSM, and IOS Firewall features. I have read other books on the PIX and the IOS Firewall and I agree that Hucaby is very thorough in walking the reader through the configuration and management of these devices. This is not a book to gain a basic understanding of network security, but is written with the intermediate to advanced network administrator in mind.

Hucaby has good concise coverage of concepts while diving into the minutia of configuration examples. Case studies are used, but not to verbose. Hucaby simply states the goals and shows you the configurations in an outlined format. The structure of each chapter includes a description, steps to configure, sample configurations, and how to verify a feature is functioning.

This book will now replace an older title I had on the PIX Firewall as my desk reference. I will also consult it when configuring the other
firewall appliances.

If you work through this book with your equipment, perhaps the greatest benefit will be the understanding you will gain for interpreting
error logs. This will benefit both security as well as troubleshooting.

During my first reading through of the book, I found useful commands that I was unaware of and do not show up when typing a question mark at the command prompt. Because of this I was able to more accurately view the traffic from a recent setup and had more confidence in knowing that it was working correctly.

Primarily because the title is so concise, yet thorough, I rate this book 5 stars and look forward to reading more books by this author.
Rating: 5 / 5

Comment on Linksys by Cisco WUSB54GC Compact Wireless-G USB Adapter by Tammy Greene

Tammy Greene — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:44:33 +0000

I've been online since 92 with one ISP provider.This summer we Finally got broadband. Only problem was that we could not hook up 2 computers without punching holes is ceilings and walls, which was not acceptible.

I than started researching and speaking to my "tech savy" friends(IT types)about how I could work around this house demolishing problem.

They all came up with a "wireless router" solution, different brands depending on whom you listened to. The name that came up more often was "Linksys wireless G". Well I thought ok, this is the RIGHT one to get, since I beleive in staying on budget these things came one at a time.

"No sense putting in a corvette engine into a Model T".

Point taken,I had to get a new computer!!!(working with upgraded (Win98SE).Then I got the router, had it for several months before my research turned up this adapter,originally looking for good prices on PC Wireless Cards" as I had been instructed. Printed the info I found about this Wireless-G USB Adapter for me and emailed it to my friends. Needless to say they all agreed that this was a great find and even better than the cards they'd spoken with me about. It's been instramental in aiding my supervision of my grandchildren(10&5) online. They can't get online unsupervised without it being plugged in. I have TOTAL control. This is a great addition to my computing world.

Wish I could tell you all the "techie speak" I heard about the installation of it,however I will tell you that it took less than 30 min.to get it up and running I have had no problem with it and of course it arrived in a timely manner. I recommend this for anyone that doesn't want to remodel their house for wireless. TMG Rating: 5 / 5