A good starting point

[Paul Hawkinson <phawkinson () montreat edu>]

  There is so much information of the internet these days about security 
that it is hard as a security neophyte to know the places to find the 
information that I need to know to tighten the security on my network.  
We have recently gotten a Pix 515 firewall and I need to know the best 
way for me to get ramped up on setting it up so we are better protected 
from attacks from the internet.

  So, I guess what I want to hear from the folks here is what are the 
best resources for learning about securing my network.  Yes, I want to be 
able to configure my Pix firewall, but I also want to know what types of 
attacks the Pix won’t be able to repel.  

  I work for a small private college and getting the funding to go to 
some security training classes just isn’t there.  We were lucky enough to 
get the money for the Pix.

I know there are wonderful sites, security tutorials and books out there 
but it is hard to sift through all of the resources that are available.

 

Thanks everyone,

 

Paul