IPv6 SecurityProtection measures for the next Internet ProtocolAs the world’s networks migrate to the IPv6 protocol, networking professionals need a clearer understanding of the security risks, threats, and challenges this transition presents. In IPv6 Security, two of the world’s leading Internet security practitioners review each potential security issue introduced by IPv6 networking and present today’s best solutions.IPv6 Security offers guidance...

Pick up where certification exams leave off. With this practical, in-depth guide to the entire network infrastructure, you’ll learn how to deal with real Cisco networks, rather than the hypothetical situations presented on exams like the CCNA. Network Warrior takes you step by step through the world of routers, switches, firewalls, and other technologies based on the author's extensive field experience. You'll find new content for MPLS, IPv6, VoIP, and wireless in this completely ...

Data Center Virtualization FundamentalsFor many IT organizations, today’s greatest challenge is to drive more value, efficiency, and utilization from data centers. Virtualization is the best way to meet this challenge. Data Center Virtualization Fundamentals brings together the comprehensive knowledge Cisco professionals need to apply virtualization throughout their data center environments. Leading data center expert Gustavo A. A. Santana thoroughly explores all c...

Go beyond layer 2 broadcast domains with this in-depth tour of advanced link and internetwork layer protocols, and learn how they enable you to expand to larger topologies. An ideal follow-up to Packet Guide to Core Network Protocols, this concise guide dissects several of these protocols to explain their structure and operation.This isn’t a book on packet theory. Author Bruce Hartpence built topologies in a lab as he wrote this guide, and each chapter includes several pac...

The Ultimate Reference & Learning Guide for the Aspiring CCNA!Over 100 Certification Questions, Answers, and ExplanationsIt can be a challenge to find up-to-date and comprehensive guides to passing the Cisco Certification Exam for Network Associates. Herein lies over 100 CCNA Certification Questions, Answers, and Explanations guide you through your learning process. From helping you to assess your skills to evaluating candidates for a job, Cisco Certification Questions, Ans...

Private cloud computing enables you to consolidate diverse enterprise systems into one that is cloud-based and can be accessed by end-users seamlessly, regardless of their location or changes in overall demand. Expert authors Steve Smoot and Nam K. Tan distill their years of networking experience to describe how to build enterprise networks to create a private cloud. With their techniques you'll create cost-saving designs and increase the flexibility of your enterprise, while maintaining t...

While several publishers (including O'Reilly) supply excellent documentation of router features, the trick is knowing when, why, and how to use these features There are often many different ways to solve any given networking problem using Cisco devices, and some solutions are clearly more effective than others. The pressing question for a network engineer is which of the many potential solutions is the most appropriate for a particular situation. Once you have decided to use a particular f...

How can you make multivendor services work smoothly on today’s complex networks? This practical book shows you how to deploy a large portfolio of multivendor Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) services on networks, down to the configuration level. You’ll learn where Juniper Network's Junos, Cisco's IOS XR, and OpenContrail, interoperate and where they don’t.Two network and cloud professionals from Juniper describe how MPLS technologies and applications have rapidly evolved throug...

CCNP Routing and Switching Portable Command GuideAll ROUTE (300-101) and SWITCH (300-115) Commands in One Compact, Portable ResourcePreparing for the CCNP® ROUTE or CCNP SWITCH exam? Working as a network professional? Here are all the CCNP-level commands you’ll need, in one handy resource. The CCNP Routing and Switching Portable Command Guide is filled with valuable, easy-to-access information, and it’s portable enough to use whether you’re in the server ro...

Master the basics of data centers to build server farms that enhance your Web site performanceLearn design guidelines that show how to deploy server farms in highly available and scalable environmentsPlan site performance capacity with discussions of server farm architectures and their real-life applications to determine your system needsToday's market demands that businesses have an Internet presence through which they can perform e-commerce and cust...

An Essential Guide to Understanding and Implementing IP Routing ProtocolsCisco’s authoritative single-source guide to IP routing protocols for enterprise and service provider environmentsService providers and large enterprises are converging on a common IP infrastructure that supports rapid deployment of high-value services. Demand is soaring for highly skilled IP network engineers who can implement and run these infrastructures. Now, one source combines re...

This complete new guide to auditing network security is an indispensable resource for security, network, and IT professionals, and for the consultants and technology partners who serve them.Cisco network security expert Chris Jackson begins with a thorough overview of the auditing process, including coverage of the latest regulations, compliance issues, and industry best practices. The author then demonstrates how to segment security architectures into domains and measure security ...