Guidelines on Firewalls and Firewall Policy

Scarfone, Karen; Hoffman, Paul

doi:https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-41r1

SP 800-41 Rev. 1

Guidelines on Firewalls and Firewall Policy

Documentation Topics

Date Published: September 2009

Supersedes: SP 800-41 (01/01/2002)

Author(s)

Karen Scarfone (NIST), Paul Hoffman (Virtual Private Network Consortium)

Abstract

Firewalls are devices or programs that control the flow of network traffic between networks or hosts employing differing security postures. This publication provides an overview of several types of firewall technologies and discusses their security capabilities and their relative advantages and disadvantages in detail. It also makes recommendations for establishing firewall policies and for selecting, configuring, testing, deploying, and managing firewall solutions.

Keywords

Firewall policy; firewalls; host-based firewalls; network firewalls; network security; packet filtering; perimeter security; personal firewalls; proxies

Control Families

Access Control; Audit and Accountability; Planning; System and Communications Protection

Documentation

Publication:
SP 800-41 Rev. 1 (DOI)
Local Download

Supplemental Material:
None available

Document History:
09/28/09: SP 800-41 Rev. 1 (Final)

Topics

Security and Privacy
audit & accountability; planning

Applications
communications & wireless

Laws and Regulations
Homeland Security Presidential Directive 7