Course Overview
This three-day course provides students with the skills for configuration, operation, and implementation of JUNOS security platforms in a typical network environment. Through demonstrations and hands-on labs, students will gain experience in configuring and monitoring JUNOS Software for JUNOS security platforms.
This intermediate-level course significantly benefits operators of SRX Series devices.
After successfully completing this course, students will be able to describe, configure, and monitor zones, security policies and firewall user authentication, and configure and monitor IDP policy with policy templates.
Course Topics
- Describe traditional routing and security and the current trends in internetworking
- Provide an overview of the JUNOS security platforms and software architecture
- Describe the logical packet flow and session creation performed by JUNOS security platforms
- Describe, configure, and monitor zones
- Describe, configure, and monitor security policies
- Describe, configure, and monitor firewall user authentication
- Describe various types of network attacks
- Configure and monitor SCREEN options to prevent network attacks
- Explain, implement, and monitor NAT as implemented on JUNOS security platforms
- Explain the purpose and mechanics of IPsec VPNs
- Implement and monitor policy-based and route-based IPsec VPNs
- Utilize and update the IDP signature database on JUNOS security platforms;
- Configure and monitor IDP policy with policy templates
- Describe, configure, and monitor high availability chassis clusters.
Target Audience
Network engineers, technical support personnel, reseller support engineers, and others responsible for implementing and or maintaining the Juniper Networks products covered in this course.
Course Outline
Day 1
Chapter 1: Course Introduction
Chapter 2: Introduction to Junos security platforms
- Traditional Routing
- Traditional Security
- Breaking the Tradition
- The Junos OS Architecture
Chapter 3: Zones
- The Definition of Zones
- Zone Configuration
- Monitoring Security Zones
Chapter 4: Security Policies
- Overview of Security Policy
- Policy Components
- Verifying Policy Operation
- Policy Scheduling and Rematching
- Policy Case Study
Day 2
Chapter 5: Firewall User Authentication
- Firewall User Authentication Overview
- Pass-Through Authentication
- Web Authentication
- Client Groups
- Using External Authentication Servers
- Verifying Firewall User Authentication
Chapter 6: SCREEN Options
- Multilayer Network Protection
- Stages and Types of Attacks
- Using Junos SCREEN Options—Reconnaissance Attack Handling
- Using Junos SCREEN Options—Denial of Service Attack Handling
- Using Junos SCREEN Options—Suspicious Packets Attack Handling
- Applying and Monitoring SCREEN Options
Chapter 7: Network Address Translation
- NAT Overview
- Source NAT Operation and Configuration
- Destination NAT Operation and Configuration
- Static NAT Operation and Configuration
- Proxy ARP
- Monitoring and Verifying NAT Operation
Day 3
Chapter 8: IPsec VPNs
- VPN Types
- Secure VPN Requirements
- IPsec Details
- Configuration of IPsec VPNs
- IPsec VPN Monitoring
Chapter 9: Introduction to Intrusion Detection and Prevention
- Introduction to Junos IDP
- IDP Policy Components and Configuration
- Signature Database
- Case Study: Applying the Recommended IDP Policy
- Monitoring IDP Operation
Chapter 10: High Availability Clustering
- High Availability Overview
- Chassis Cluster Components
- Chassis Cluster Operation
- Chassis Cluster Configuration
- Chassis Cluster Monitoring
This course is available as open-enrollment Classroom event, instructor-led Live Virtual Class, REAL-ILT™ or as part of a custom Onsite Training for up to 16 students.
Prerequisites