Configuring BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager v11

This one-day course provides security and network professionals with a functional understanding of the BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM). The course includes installation, configuration, management and troubleshooting on a BIG-IP AFM. Lectures, demonstrations, hands-on labs and discussions will be incorporated.

By course completion, the student should be able to perform an initial configuration of the BIG-IP AFM. The student should be able to monitor, administer, and perform basic configuration and troubleshooting tasks on traffic processed by the BIG-IP AFM system. Students will have an understanding of how the main two facilities of Firewall Rules and DoS (Denial of Service) are configured to build a Firewall and detect and protect against DoS attack. They will also gain hands-on experience using the AFM reporting and logging facilities in relation to the Firewall rules which can be used for troubleshooting and determining types of traffic allowed or denied by the firewall.

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