TECH BRIEFING: Living Behind Firewalls: A Survival Guide

This briefing is targeted for LNAs and systems administrators who have networks secured behind the departmental firewall service, or systems hosted in Forsythe that are secured behind behind an administrative firewall.

Topics will include:

What's a firewall?

What's a vpn?

How does Stanford deploy firewalls and vpns?

What's the process to get behind a firewall?

What's a rule and how do I add/change/delete one?

X doesn't work. Is it the firewall?

So how secure are we?

Date and Time:

Friday, November 14, 2008. 2:00 PM.
Approximate duration of 1.5 hour(s).

Location:

Turing Auditorium (Polya Hall, Room 111) [Map]

URL:

http://techbriefings.stanford.edu

Audience:

General Public

Category:

Lectures/Readings

Sponsor:

IT Services Technology Training

Contact:

650-723-4391
techtraining@stanford.edu

Admission:

Intended for power users, Expert Partners, and those with IT responsibilities, but open to everyone - faculty, staff, and students - and no registration required. Your opportunity to get technology updates from and ask questions of subject-matter experts.