Cisco Networks: Engineers' Handbook of Routing, Switching, and Security with IOS, NX-OS, and ASA (Paperback)

This book is a concise one-stop desk reference and synopsis of basic knowledge and skills for Cisco certification prep. For beginning and experienced network engineers tasked with building LAN, WAN, and data center connections, this book lays out clear directions for installing, configuring, and troubleshooting networks with Cisco devices. The full range of certification topics is covered, including all aspects of IOS, NX-OS, and ASA software. The emphasis throughout is on solving the real-world challenges engineers face in configuring network devices, rather than on exhaustive descriptions of hardware features.

This practical desk companion doubles as a comprehensive overview of the basic knowledge and skills needed by CCENT, CCNA, and CCNP exam takers. It distills a comprehensive library of cheat sheets, lab configurations, and advanced commands that the authors assembled as senior network engineers for the benefit of junior engineers they train, mentor on the job, and prepare for Cisco certification exams. Prior familiarity with Cisco routing and switching is desirable but not necessary, as Chris Carthern, Dr. Will Wilson, Noel Rivera, and Richard Bedwell start their book with a review of the basics of configuring routers and switches. All the more advanced chapters have labs and exercises to reinforce the concepts learned.

This book differentiates itself from other Cisco books on the market by approaching network security from a hacker’s perspective. Not only does it provide network security recommendations but it teaches you how to use black-hat tools such as oclHashcat, Loki, Burp Suite, Scapy, Metasploit, and Kali to actually test the security concepts learned.

Readers of Cisco Networks will learn

• How to configure Cisco switches, routers, and data center devices in typical corporate network architectures
• The skills and knowledge needed to pass Cisco CCENT, CCNA, and CCNP certification exams
• How to set up and configure at-home labs using virtual machines and lab exercises in the book to practice advanced Cisco commands
• How to implement networks of Cisco devices supporting WAN, LAN, and data center configurations
• How to implement secure network configurations and configure the Cisco ASA firewall
• How to use black-hat tools and network penetration techniques to test the security of your network

這本書是一本簡潔的一站式桌面參考和基礎知識總結，適用於思科認證準備的初學者和有經驗的網絡工程師。對於負責建立局域網、廣域網和數據中心連接的網絡工程師，本書提供了安裝、配置和疑難排解思科設備網絡的清晰指南。全面涵蓋認證的所有主題，包括IOS、NX-OS和ASA軟件的各個方面。重點是解決工程師在配置網絡設備時面臨的現實挑戰，而不是對硬件功能進行詳盡描述。

這本實用的桌面伴侶同時也是CCENT、CCNA和CCNP考試參加者所需的基礎知識和技能的綜合概述。它提煉了一個全面的速查表、實驗配置和高級命令庫，這些都是作者作為高級網絡工程師為培訓初級工程師、在工作中指導和為思科認證考試做準備時所編制的。對思科路由和交換的先前熟悉是可取的，但不是必需的，因為Chris Carthern、Will Wilson博士、Noel Rivera和Richard Bedwell在書中從配置路由器和交換機的基礎知識開始。所有更高級的章節都有實驗和練習來鞏固所學概念。

這本書通過以黑客的角度來處理網絡安全，使其與市場上其他思科書籍有所區別。它不僅提供網絡安全建議，還教你如何使用黑帽工具，如oclHashcat、Loki、Burp Suite、Scapy、Metasploit和Kali，實際測試所學的安全概念。

《思科網絡》的讀者將學到以下內容：
- 如何在典型企業網絡架構中配置思科交換機、路由器和數據中心設備
- 通過思科CCENT、CCNA和CCNP認證考試所需的技能和知識
- 如何使用虛擬機器和書中的實驗練習設置和配置家庭實驗室，以練習高級思科命令
- 如何實施支持廣域網、局域網和數據中心配置的思科設備網絡
- 如何實施安全的網絡配置並配置思科ASA防火牆
- 如何使用黑帽工具和網絡滲透技術來測試您的網絡安全