topic ASA 5505 Remote Access to ASDM in Network Security

ASA 5505 Remote Access to ASDM

marcbilyou — Mon, 11 Mar 2019 22:11:18 GMT

How do I enable remote access to ASDM from outside of the network on the ASA 5505? This would be used for remote access to the firewall at a site that is not utilizing VPN.

Thanks in advance !

ASA 5505 Remote Access to ASDM

varrao — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:27:45 GMT

If I get your question correct, you can enable http on the outside interface;

http server enable

http 255.255.255.255 outside

Hope that helps,

Thanks,

Varun

Re: ASA 5505 Remote Access to ASDM

Marvin Rhoads — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:34:38 GMT

ASDM uses http(s) for communications to the ASA. So, you need to add the command:

http source_IP_address mask source_interface

Example:

hostname(config)# http 192.168.1.2 255.255.255.255 outside

in your configuration. That is further described here.

ASA 5505 Remote Access to ASDM

marcbilyou — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:39:10 GMT

what if you are hosting another site using https?

ASA 5505 Remote Access to ASDM

varrao — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:42:14 GMT

It is for https connection only.

You enter the following URL to access it:

https://

which is on port 443.

Thanks,

Varun

Re: ASA 5505 Remote Access to ASDM

Marvin Rhoads — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:42:14 GMT

That's no problem. Under the covers ASDM is actually opening a URL that resides in the ASA configuration in memory. The ASA is smart enough to distinguish that from https traffic destined for your server.

Hi, IWhat if i have a Web

ptoumbas2011 — Thu, 30 Jul 2015 08:18:48 GMT

Hi,

What if i have a Web-Server behind my ASA and only 1 outside public ip? If i use static nat-port 80 and http 255.255.255.255 outside to enable http will it work?