Network Security

This will be interesting but I'll throw this out there. It seems on the ASA 5550, the module that ships with it is 8 physical ports yet 4 of them are used, no biggie here. The thing that is interesting is that this blade is the only blade that can be...

Hi Guys,I want to configure failover between two ASA's. Do I have to use a switch between them to configure failover. I know in earlier days it was a must to have a switch between the pix's to configure failover. How about with the ASA's Do I need to...

I notice there is a new version of the ASA appliance software, 8.0.5.ED.Is there a reason someone would use that version instead of 8.2.1.ED? We're using two 5540 primarily for terminationg IPSec VPNs on and they are both at 8.2.1.ED,so I'm just curi...

Hi,Can someone assist me on how to change the time out setting for https connection on the ASA firewall? I only see for TCP connection but but specifically https.

We have had two incidents with firewall rules recently.  First, we had an access rule that was not working.  On a whim, we moved it to the top of the list.  It began working.  We moved it back down to the bottom of the list.  It continued to work.Tod...

HiI can not make work  ping & traceroute in multiple context modeI have configured two context context1 & context2. the second one have several vlan and servers behind. Then I added the lines below to test if servers behind the security appliance(con...

Dear all,I have two inside exhanges each with different domain, with two IPs in same VLAN and i have one internet line with real IPs pool in same subnet.I publish each exchange with a real IP,also, i publish two inside DOMAIN & DNS servers with 2 dif...

I have a few questions regarding CSM's ACS integration.1) What's the difference between using ACS mode and non-ACS TACACS+?2) I've been testing with ACS mode and it seems that there is a delay in the time a device is added to ACS and CSM's ability to...

Hi All,I have an ASA5580-20 with 2 port of 10Gig. I have configured the A/S failover usiasang suinterface in "interface TenGigabitEthernet7/1" interface. it work fine. but the problem I have is I can't assign any subinterface to any context. is that ...

Hi there,I have a PIX that is running 8.0.4 (is this the latest version as I can't find this anywhere on the Cisco website?) and have a problem with a PAT rule and hope someone can help.I  have two external IPs that map to one internal IP and need to...

Analysis Engine is not running and giving Error:Error: getAnalysisEngineStatistics : ct-sensorApp.598 not responding, please check system processes - The connect to the specified Io::ClientPipe failed

PIX Firewall 6.3(1)PIX Device Manager 3.0(1)PDM 3.0(1) I'm trying to do something that should be simple. We are adding an anti-spam device to our network. Currently, the PIX is directing SMTP traffic to our Exchange server (10.0.0.6). I'm trying to n...