Chapter Review Activities
Use the features in this section to study and review the topics in this chapter.
Review Key Topics
Review the most important topics in the chapter, noted with the Key Topic icon in the outer margin of the page. Table 8-2 lists a reference of these key topics and the page number on which each is found.

Table 8-2 Key Topics for Chapter 8
Key Topic Element |
Description |
Page Number |
Figure 8-1 |
Diagram of a basic firewall |
257 |
Bulleted list |
Types of firewalls |
258 |
Figure 8-2 |
Back-to-back firewall/DMZ configuration |
260 |
Bulleted list |
Types of proxies |
263 |
Figure 8-4 |
Illustration of an HTTP proxy in action |
264 |
Figure 8-5 |
Illustration of NIDS placement in a network |
269 |
Table 8-1 |
Summary of NIDS versus NIPS |
271 |
