Firewalls and Internet Security

{{Short description|1994 book by William R. Cheswick and Steven M. Bellovin}}

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Firewalls and Internet Security: Repelling the Wily Hacker is a 1994 book by William R. Cheswick and Steven M. Bellovin that helped define the concept of a network firewall.{{cite book

| last1 = Cheswick | first1 = William | author1-link = William Cheswick

| last2 = Bellovin | first2 = Steven M. | author2-link = Steven M. Bellovin

| title = Firewalls and Internet Security: Repelling The Wily Hacker

| publisher = Addison Wesley | date = 1994 | isbn = 978-0-201-63357-3

| url = https://archive.org/details/firewallsinterne00ches | url-access = registration

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{{cite news

| last = Collinson | first = Peter

| title = Review: How to build an electronic bomb

| newspaper = New Scientist | date = 1994-07-09

| url= https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg14319334.400-review-how-to-build-an-electronic-bomb-.html

}}

Describing in detail one of the first major firewall deployments at AT&T, the book influenced the formation of the perimeter security model, which became the dominant network security architecture in the mid-1990s.{{Cite journal | doi=10.1002/adma.19960080319|title = Firewalls and internet security: Repelling the wily hacker. By William R. Cheswick, Steven M. Bellovin. Addison-Wesley, Amsterdam 1994, XIV, 306 pp., softcover, $26.95, 0-201-63357-4| journal=Advanced Materials| volume=8| issue=3| pages=260|year = 1996|last1 = Jakubowski|first1 = Julian| bibcode=1996AdM.....8..260J }}

In 2003, a second edition was published, adding Aviel D. Rubin to its authors.{{cite book | first1 = William R. | last1= Cheswick |first2= Steven M.|last2= Bellovin| first3= Aviel D. |last3 = Rubin | year = 2003 | title = Firewalls and Internet Security repelling the wily hacker | publisher= Addison-Wesley Professional | edition = 2 | isbn = 9780201634662}}