Firewall Security Explained
Introduction After the article about Email Security, I thought I would continue the trend of writing about “boring” and “unpopular” security assessments. While looking at various infrastructure-related components that are never discussed in popular “pentesting” courses, one topic immediately stood out: firewall configuration reviews. These are often treated like a checkbox exercise: more like “let’s get it over with” than “let’s dive into it”. After spending some time fiddling with Cisco configurations and documentation, I have to admit that I now find them a bit less boring than I did before. That’s progress, isn’t? ...