Introduction

This chapter will introduce you to the Juniper firewall product. We will begin by looking at all of Juniper Networks security products, exploring the wide range of products available, and allowing you to determine which is best suited for your security needs. A well-designed and properly implemented security infrastructure must be multitiered. Juniper Networks now offers a host of security solutions for your organization. Over the past several years Juniper has increased its product portfolio dramatically. Through both acquisition and internal development, Juniper has become a premier security vendor.

Juniper Networks delivers an integrated firewall and virtual private network (VPN) solution, the NetScreen firewall. The firewall product line has several tiers of appliances and systems. These tiers allow you to choose the right hardware for your network, giving the precise fit for your needs. Juniper has recently released a new firewall product line, the Security Services Gateway (SSG). This firewall line is designed to allow you to use new enhanced software features to better help protect your network from attack. Many of the SSG firewall products also enable you to use wide area network (WAN) interfaces as well.

Juniper also offers a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) VPN product. The Secure Access series offers a clientless remote access solution as well as a collaboration tool. With a clientless VPN approach, you remove the need for software deployment and management of the remote clients. You can easily deploy the SSL portal to thousands of users in mere hours. This is a...