Understanding Policy-Based Networking
Published on 6. June 2001
368 pages
978-0-471-01374-7 (ISBN)
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Get the big picture on policy networking with this guide fromone of the leaders of policy-based standards efforts
With the advent of policy servers, network administrators nolonger have to create data traffic rules (policy) by hand. Thisbook will sort out the hype from the reality for this importantadvance in networking. The authors provide examples and casestudies as well as product roadmaps and suggestions for possiblemigration paths from the old labor-intensive management tonext-generation PBNs (policy-based networks). Readers will learnmore about the first network services set up for policy-basedmanagement including Quality of Service (QoS), the ResourceReservation Protocol (RSVP) in Win2000, the LDAP directorytechnology, and other services nearing standards completion.
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Understanding Policy-Based Networking
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DAVE KOSIUR is an analyst with the Burton Group, specializing in internetworking issues, VPNs, and policy-based networking. The recipient of the Computer Press Book Award for Excellence for the Macworld Networking Bible, Kosiur is the author of Building and Managing Virtual Private Networks (Wiley).
Content
Networking Council Foreword.
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
A NEW NETWORK MANAGEMENT PARADIGM.
New Services, New Requirements.
Introduction to Policy-Based Networking.
THE COMPONENTS OF POLICY-BASED NETWORKING.
What Are Policies?
Architectures for Policy-Based Networking.
Creating and Managing Policies.
The Policy Repository.
The Policy Decision Point.
Policy Enforcement Points.
Monitoring Network Behavior and Policies.
An Example of Policy Processing.
The Role of Standards in Policy-Based Networking.
Directory-Enabled Networks Initiative.
APPLICATIONS OF POLICY-BASED NETWORKING.
An Introduction to Quality of Service.
Policies for Quality of Service.
Policies for Network Security.
Policy-Based Networking for Enterprises.
Policy-Based Networking for Service Providers.
Deploying Policy-Based Networking Systems.
Appendix A: References.
Appendix B: Vendors and Products.
Appendix C: Glossary.
Index.
