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ScreenOS Cookbook - New from O'Reilly
Time-Saving Techniques for ScreenOS Administrators

Sebastopol, CA--The controlling element of Juniper Network's firewall/IP
Security (IPSec) virtual private network (VPN) devices is the ScreenOS
operating system--a real-time, security-specific OS that provides
everything you need to set up and manage these devices. ScreenOS contains
a robust set of security and management applications and the supporting
technical documentation is extensive and thorough: a distinct advantage
for those who have the time to read it. 

In the real world, however, those who need to manage, operate, and
configure the secure networks that run ScreenOS frequently find themselves
needing answers on the spot, without the luxury of browsing the
documentation. For these people, key members of Juniper Network's ScreenOS
development team have written the "ScreenOS Cookbook" (Brunner, Davar,
Delcourt, et al; O'Reilly, US $54.99).  Scores of recipes address a wide
range of security issues, provide step-by-step solutions, and include
discussions of why the recipes work, so readers can easily set up and keep
ScreenOS systems on track.

"Having supported ScreenOS for a long time, I saw on a daily basis the
kinds of questions the SE's and customers had about the firewalls," says
Ken Draper, one of the authors of the book. "A collection of real-world
examples with detailed explanations was really needed as a reference guide
with these answers readily available." 

His coauthor David Delcourt agrees, adding, "As a Professional Services
Consultant focused on Jupiter's security products and solutions, and now
manager of that team, I visit many customers whose design and operational
teams just don't have the time to pour through thousands of pages of
technical documentation to find solutions to problems. This book provides
an opportunity to address many of these in a format that allows the reader
to apply what they learn in real time." 

"ScreenOS Cookbook" supplies fixes, techniques, and configurations that
save time -- not hypothetical situations out of a textbook. The book comes
directly from the experience of engineers who have seen and fixed every
conceivable ScreenOS network topology, from small branch office firewalls
to appliances for large core enterprise and government, to the heavy duty
protocol driven service provider network. Its easy-to-follow format lets
readers zero in on the topics and specific recipes they need right away
and match it to theirs network and security issues.

Along with the usage and troubleshooting recipes, the book also includes
plenty of tricks, special considerations, ramifications, and general
discussions of interesting tangents and network extrapolation. For the
accurate, hard-nosed information users require to get a ScreenOS firewall
network secure and operating smoothly, no book matches "ScreenOS
Cookbook."

"Excellent book! I have been looking for a resource like this for years
and recommend this book to anyone responsible for implementing or
supporting Juniper ScreenOS-based systems."
--Eric Walters, Manager of Network Services, 7-Eleven, Inc.

For more information about the book, including table of contents, index,
author bios, and samples, see:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596510039/ 

ScreenOS Cookbook
Stefan Brunner, Vik Davar, David Delcourt, Ken Draper, Joe Kelly and Sunil
Wadhwa
ISBN: 0-596-52838-8, 814 pages, US $54.99
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