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drk1980

Hi,

I have 6 years of experience in areas related to information security. I have been planning to do GCFW for sometime now but my employer is not interested in paying such huge sum for a course, and unfortunately i can't afford it now.

So until i save enough money, i would like to just read some good books or online material available that is related to this course. I will be searching the web for the subtitles in the course material... but if you guys could suggest some good books that would be great.

I am comfortable in networking but haven't directly worked with Firewalls...

docrice

I haven't taken 502 yet myself, but I'd probably say:

Nmap Network Scanning:
http://www.amazon.com/Nmap-Network-Scanning-Official-Discovery/dp/0979958717/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1289278856&sr=8-1

Wireshark Network Analysis:
http://www.amazon.com/Wireshark-Network-Analysis-Official-Certified/dp/1893939995/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1289278945&sr=8-1

Cisco ASA:
http://www.amazon.com/Cisco-ASA-All---One-Appliance/dp/1587058197/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1289279228&sr=8-1

and perhaps anything dealing with IOS ACLs, IPsec, Snort, tcpdump, and iptables.

iptables is a really great / free firewall to learn from. If you have an IOS-based router (or an IOS image for GNS3) that'll get you started on standard and extended ACLs.