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Network appliances & lab firewalls

A security lab is only as safe as its segmentation. This area covers sizing a firewall appliance (NICs, AES-NI, RAM for IDS), VLAN design on managed switches, and capturing traffic with network TAPs instead of hoping a SPAN port keeps up.

  • Firewall
  • VLAN
  • Network TAP

Guides in this topic

  1. Choosing a firewall appliance for a security lab

    How to size a firewall box for a home or corporate security lab: NIC chipsets, AES-NI, RAM for IDS, VLAN design on managed switches, and network TAPs versus SPAN ports.