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Chapter 3. Installing FireWall-1

This chapter discusses the installation of FireWall-1, from building the system to loading the software. The actual configuration of FireWall-1 is covered in later chapters.

By the end of this chapter, you should be able to:

  • Select the operating system that is best for your environment

  • Properly harden an operating system

  • Install the firewall software



    		Frequently Asked Questions
    		Preface
    		Chapter 1. Introduction to Firewalls
    		Chapter 2. Planning Your FireWall-1 Installation
    		Chapter 3. Installing FireWall-1
    		Selecting an Operating System
    		Installing the Operating System
    		Beginning the FireWall-1 Installation
    		Upgrading from FireWall-1 4.1
    		Summary
    		Chapter 4. Building Your Rulebase
    		Chapter 5. Logging and Alerting
    		Chapter 6. Common Issues
    		Chapter 7. Remote Management
    		Chapter 8. User Authentication
    		Chapter 9. Content Security
    		Chapter 10. Network Address Translation
    		Chapter 11. Site-to-Site VPN
    		Chapter 12. SecuRemote and SecureClient
    		Chapter 13. High Availability
    		Chapter 14. INSPECT
    		Appendix A. Securing Your Bastion Host
    		Appendix B. Sample Acceptable Usage Policy
    		Appendix C. 'firewall-1.conf' File for Use with OpenLDAP v1
    		Appendix D. 'firewall-1.schema' File for Use with OpenLDAP v2
    		Appendix E. Performance Tuning
    		Appendix F. Sample 'defaultfilter.pf' File
    		Appendix G. Other Resources
    		Appendix H. Further Reading