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Major DisappointmentJan 15, 2005
By David R. Ramirez
"drambear"
This book was required for a Computer Forensics related class. There are many errors, not just typographical, but in concepts and technical information. At times it is filled with a mind-numbing number of details, much of which will be obsolete by the time you read this. In other areas it skips over important concepts leaving you lost.
If you're hoping to learn more about network security you're better off looking elsewhere.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
Don't waste your $$$Jul 19, 2004
By ptsp
After browsing it twice, I finally put it down.It's very introductive, simple and not well-written to a newbie.
It doesn't cover that much on Checkpoint...
The rest you can get it from the Internet.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Would be good toilet paper, but the pages are too stiffJun 17, 2006
By Brian C. Miller
This book is used as the text book for my college course. The examples are ridiculous, the exercises are nuts, and the definitions are strange. "This book is not intended to be read in sequence, from beginning to end." (from the book's introduction) Maybe the book isn't meant to be read at all. There is better information from O'Reilly and Cisco. Search for "firewall" on O'Reilly's site and you'll get better information than whats in this book and you'll save $75. Get "The Best Damn Firewall Book Period" instead of this, Amazon sells it for $37 and it gets 4 stars.
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Students and newbies beware!Apr 20, 2006
By C. Valle
"CISSP Student"
If I could put negative stars for this book I would.I am reading this book as a requirement for a network security course. This book by far has to be the most poorly written misleading book I've ever read. In the first chapter there is technically wrong information: The OSI reference model has a wrong layer numbered. I am surprised that colleges even bother to use it as a study guide\text book. The end of chapter questions are very misleading.
Garbage.Oct 20, 2010
By David A Scott
This book is riddled with numerous technical, practical, and editorial errors. For example, Table 1-1 page 14 lists OSI Layer 7 as the data link layer and OSI Layer 1 as the Application layer. Not only is this inaccurate, but it is a critical piece of incorrect information that would inevitably affect the quality of information presented in the rest of the book (since, well, EVERYTHING is based on the OSI model).
If you're looking for a primer on firewall technologies, this is NOT it.
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