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Building Internet Firewalls.(Review) (book review)

By Rothke, Ben
Publication: Security Management
Date: Friday, June 1 2001

Building Internet Firewalls, 2d edition. By Elizabeth D. Zwicky, Simon Cooper, and D. Brent Chapman; published by O'Reilly & Associates, 800/998-9938 (phone), 707/829-0104 (fax); 890 pages; $44.95.

Every cell in the human body changes completely every seven years, but the underlying essence of the person remains. Similarly, information security has changed dramatically in the same time period, when the authors of this book were writing the first edition, but its essence has remained the same.

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