I’ve started reading a new book published by O’Reilly Media entitled Juniper SRX Series by Brad Woodberg and Rob Cameron a few weeks ago now. I’ve been reading up on the Juniper SRX in preparation to sit for the JNCIS-SEC test having passed the JNCIA-Junos test a few weeks back.
I’ve deployed the Juniper SRX 650 and the Juniper SRX 210H in a typical corporate branch office tunnel architecture utilizing route-based VPN tunnels with OSPF and Point to Multi-Point interfaces along with virtual router instances. Since that deployment I’ve really come to enjoy using the Junos CLI interface.
While there are a few grammatical errors (who am I to criticize) the book contains a large number of example configurations and actually shows the reader how to implement the feature and/or option as opposed to just defining it.
In the spirit of full disclosure, I received an electronic copy of the book, Juniper SRX Series, from Juniper free of charge.
Study Material
If you are looking to take the JNCIA-Junos or the JNCIS-SEC you can find the study guides from Juniper here;
https://learningportal.juniper.net/juniper/user_fasttrack_home.aspx
You’ll need to create an account with Juniper in order to access the study material.
I’m personally reviewing both the study material provided by Juniper along with the book, Juniper SRX Series, to validate my understanding of each feature and option.
Cheers!
Telair says
Can anyone else get a free copy of that e-book, or was it a McNamara only one time special?
Daniel says
Hi Telair,
I also got a pre-release copy, it’s something they gave away for review purposes!
My review is published here:
http://www.routerfreak.com/book-review-juniper-srx-series/
Michael, looking forward to hear more when you’ll finish the book and all the best with you J-exams!
Michael McNamara says
I’m sure there were quite a few folks that received an “evaluation” copy. What would you be willing to-do for a copy? ;)
Pavlo says
Hello Michael,
Is that a way to set up SSL VPN on SRX 210?
Thank you
Michael McNamara says
It wasn’t well documented when I was working with the Juniper SRX. I believe it was possible but you needed to try using a third-party VPN client.. which was always a challenge.
Cheers!