Introduction

This chapter will introduce you to the NetScreen firewall product. We'll 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 offers three separate security product lines (discussed shortly) that can help mitigate your security risks.

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. This allows you to choose the right hardware for your network, giving the precise fit for your needs. 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 great boon to any organization.

Also available in the SSL VPN product line is the secure meeting application. This allows for online collaborative meetings where users can share their desktops and engage in chat. These are also secured by SSL. You can use this feature to do presentations or to perform remote support. It's a great tool for any organization.

The last part to the security product line is intrusion detection and prevention (IDP). Where...