Guidelines on Firewalls and Firewall Policy

Published

September 28, 2009

Author(s)

Karen A. Scarfone, Paul Hoffman

Abstract

Firewalls are devices or programs that control the flow of network traffic between networks or hosts employing differing security postures. This publication provides an overview of several types of firewall technologies and discusses their security capabilities and their relative advantages and disadvantages in detail. It also makes recommendations for establishing firewall policies and for selecting, configuring, testing, deploying, and managing firewall solutions. [Supersedes SP 800-41 (January 2002): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=151252]

Citation

Special Publication (NIST SP) - 800-41 Rev 1

Report Number

800-41 Rev 1

NIST Pub Series

Special Publication (NIST SP)

Pub Type

NIST Pubs

Supercedes Publication

Guidelines on Firewalls and Firewall Policy

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Keywords

Firewall policy, firewalls, host-based firewalls, network firewalls, network security, packet filtering, perimeter security, personal firewalls, proxies

Citation

Scarfone, K. and Hoffman, P. (2009), Guidelines on Firewalls and Firewall Policy, Special Publication (NIST SP), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=901083 (Accessed April 19, 2024)