IPFIREwall

Index.

1. Introduction.
2. Starting up: command line options.
3. Configuration files.
4. Main menu: options and rule adding/ deleting.
5. Understanding interface output.

Advanced utilization.

6. Administrative rights.
7. Rule fields explained (an outline of TCP/IP protocol).
8. IPFIRE: i campi delle regole: introduzione al protocollo di rete TCP/IP (in italiano!).
9. Stateful rules.
10. Passive FTP support.
11. Network Address Translation - IP masquerading.
12. OUTPT Destination address translation (version >= 0.98.4)
13. Logging levels and implications.
14. getsockopt() interface.
15. Kernel dynamic tables: timers and numerousness management.
16. Kernel module loading and unloading.
17. /proc interface for reading and changing default firewall policy.

Buliding IPFIREwall.

18. Building User Interface.
19. Building kernel modules.

Examples.

20. Sample scenarios.

Userspace programming

21. Topics in userspace programming.

Kernel space programming

22. Topics in kernel space programming.
23. Brief instruction flow explanation.

Testing

24. Port scanning with NMAP.
25. Performance issues.

Thanks and Bibliography

26. Thanks....
27. Bibliography.

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