Course Description
This course uses lectures and hands-on exercises to give participants real-time experience setting up and configuring the BIG-IP® Advanced Firewall Manager system. Students are introduced to the AFM user interface, stepping through various options and demonstrating how AFM is configured to build a network firewall and detect and protect against DoS (Denial of Service) attacks. Reporting and log facilities are also explained and used in the course labs. Further Firewall functionality and additional DoS facilities for DNS and SIP traffic are discussed.
Prerequisites
Students should be familiar with the BIG-IP LTM system, mainly how to set up and configure a BIG-IP LTM system, including virtual servers, pools, profiles, VLANs, and self-IPs.
Professionals are required to complete one of the following F5 prerequisites before attending this course:
- Administering BIG-IP V11 instructor-led course
- F5 Certified BIG-IP Administrator
In addition, the following web-based courses will be beneficial for any student with limited BIG- IP LTM administration and configuration:
- Getting Started with BIG-IP web-based training
- Getting Started with BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) web-based training
Content Outline
- Installation and setup of the BIG-IP AFM System
- AFM network firewall concepts
- Network firewall options and modes
- Network firewall rules, policies, address/port lists, rule lists, and schedules
- IP Intelligence facilities of dynamic black-and-white lists and the IP reputation database
- Detection and prevention of DoS attacks
- Event logging of firewall rules and DoS attacks
- Reporting and notification facilities
- DoS Whitelists
- DNS Firewall and DNS DoS
SIP DoS
- Network Firewall iRules
- Various AFM component troubleshooting commands
FAQs
A: To attend the training session, you should have operational Desktops or Laptops with the required specification and a good internet connection to access the labs.
A: We would always recommend you attend the live session to practice & clarify the doubts instantly and get more value from your investment. However, if, due to some contingency, you have to skip the class, Radiant Techlearning will help you with the recorded session of that particular day. However, those recorded sessions are not meant only for personal consumption and NOT for distribution or any commercial use.
A: Radiant Techlearning has a data center containing a Virtual Training environment for participants’ hand-on-practice. Participants can easily access these labs over Cloud with the help of a remote desktop connection. Radiant virtual labs allow you to learn from anywhere in the world and any time zone.
A: The learners will be enthralled as we engage them in the natural world and Oriented industry projects during the training program. These projects will improve your skills and knowledge and give you a better experience. These real-time projects will help you a lot in your future tasks and assignments.