This guide explains how to build, implement, and maintain a firewall product. It covers major features of the product and provides solutions to real-world problems, offering step-by-step instructions, screen shots, and sample configurations. Coverage includes planning a firewall installation, logging and alerts, remote management, authentication, content security, and INSPECT, the language of Check Point's FireWall-1. The guide is useful for professionals working on UNIX or Windows NT platforms. The author has been teaching Check Point FireWall-1 since 1996. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)