Good ASA book for a newbie

mgmguy1

A buddy of mine out of the blue game me a Cisco ASA 5505 to add to my small home lab and I was wondering about a good book I can use to learn about it and Firewalls in general. In doing some research on Amazon I came across a book called Cisco ASA Firewall Fundamentals 3rd Edition. The reviews seemed good. I was just wondering if anyone had any experience with this book or can make a better suggestion ?


As always, Thank you in advance for your feedback

Mgmguy1


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ImYourOnlyDJ

I'm in the same boat as an ASA newbie that recently acquired a 5510 looking to implement at home. I'm borrowing a book from a buddy called Network Defense and Countermeasures by Randy Weaver. Its a vender neutral book that teaches the basic theory of information security. Its what I needed and was looking for.

beads

This is the current ASA book until this fall when the new FirePower (newest ASA) comes out. Don't worry. Firepower is just the latest supped up variety with a better IDS/IPS module. For your purposes this will serve you well.

I have a pair of 5515s in my lab when I need to play around myself. Ahhh... some old equipment never gets recycled, does it?

- b/eads

Kreken

I love the book "Cisco Firewalls" by Moraes. You can pickup used for $26. I think this is the best book I've read on the firewalls. It doesn't cover the new stuff like Firepower but still is worth the money and time investment.