Network Security

Apparantly ASA5500 has a limitation on 256 IP-adresses in a dhcp pool ??!!! Why and is there a workaround/ hidden command to disable this limitation, which seems rather arbitrary ? Thanks. /JJ

After FTP/SCP/SFTP'ing down an IPS 6.x blade config, is there a way to edit it on the desktop and FTP/SCP/SFTP it back up? If that is possible, what editor can be used for editing the file in its' native format? What is the IPS config file type (tx...

Hi, I'm currently working on Tuning a pair of IPS modules in ASA's. We are currently in Promiscous and tuning/filtering to ensure we don't block any valid traffic when making the switch to inline.We are using the new 7.0.1 code and getting the globa...

Hi all, Just need some reassurance on the set up of failover for ASA 5510.Due to the limitations on Public IP Address I have only been allocated 1 usable IP address for the outside interface. I am sure that for Failover that the only unique IP addres...

We use ASA 5520's for firewalling and VPN. When users are connected to VPN they are unable to communicate with each other. If i remove the nat associated with the outside interface all works well and they are able to communicate. Only problem is t...

My question is not platform specific but I manage numerous ASAs and PIXes which is what I am concerned with.Generally speaking, best practices suggest using an explicit deny with logging at the end of ACLs. My question is very simple. Does this app...

Hi There,Can i get some feedback on the new software release 8.2 for ASA firewalls. I manage two of these, one is a 5510 and the other 5520. I know that it is better to have 512MB of memory. I'd like to get stats via netflow on these firewalls. I'm w...

Hi all ! Does IPS 42xx appliance supports failover . We will propose it to a client , we are currently having ASA 5540 failover but i wana know will IPS appliance support failover or not .

Hi,I am trying to erase my Pix config which can't.I tried "wr eraze" then "wr mem" then "reload", but the old config remains.

Just wanted to know if this will work or not...I was looking at a design from a client and they had two CAM and CAS plus a Guest server. My client wants to use the equipment above for guest access. The problem I'm having is that I'm building a wire...

I'm wondering if anyone can tell me if I'm on track with this. First let me say that I don't know the FWSM at all (I know the ASA, but not this module). I am going to be retiring two old 6500 chassis which contain 2 FWSMs running in active / standb...

I have a new 5505 with basic license, and I setup DMZ as security 50, inside to out side no issues.restricted access from DMZ to inside (that satisfy the license limitation), but I should be able to access internet(outside) from DMZ am I corrct.But I...

Good day. We have cisco 3825 router terminating l2l ipsec vpn from about 20 remote sites. Sometimes (once - twice a week) the tunnel with random site goes down and cannot be reestablished. The strange thing is that i can't see any traces of activity ...