Network Security

I'm curious if "inside" and "outside" have any significance beyond just a name for the interface. For instance, say I want to call my interfaces "internet" and "LAN". Should I substitute my terms for the terms "inside" and "outside"? A better example...

I am looking to use an ASA 5510 as a VPN device only (similar to the old VPN Concentrator) We already have an ASA5510 acting as a firewall to the internet from our central office. We also have a MPLS network to 7 other locations, and they all go thro...

Today i have a problem with a Cisco ASA 5540, suddenly it crash and rebooted. All that i see is the 99% utilization of the CPU in the crashinfo file. The device was working normally, with no configuration or hardware changes I attach the crash-info f...

I've got a Pix 515-e running 6.3(5) code. I created a local username and password on it, but the "real" password shows in the config. I was expecting to see a hash like in every other firewall I have done this on. Is there an option I don't know abou...

Say you were asked the following question.Should we use a Firewall (ASA), or Router (such as one with firewall feature set) for security between two company networks. And what is the difference in using one over the other and benefits/cons? I have wh...

Hi all, In 5580 asa version 8.1(2) i can't able to configure more than 5 access-group if i added new access-group automatically before one id deleted.is there is any bug in the IOS. Thanks in advanceregards,Chandru

I am new to the PIX config and need some help. I have 3 interfaces, Outside, Inside, DMZ. Outside = 172.31.16.2 255.255.255.252Inside = 10.0.0.2 255.0.0.0.0DMZ = 192.168.50.2 255.255.255.0For the life of me I cannot get any IP to work doing a test wi...

I have the follow Cisco switch:WIENEU_CORE#sho verCisco IOS Software, C3550 Software (C3550-IPBASE-M), Version 12.2(25)SEB4, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)Copyright (c) 1986-2005 by Cisco Systems, Inc.Compiled Tue 30-Aug-05 13:14 by yenanhROM: Bootstrap prog...

Dear! expertsI download latest Signature file for upgrade AIP-SSM.But I can not find way to upgrade to signature file.Can anyone tell me how to update signatures for an aip-ssm module connected to an ASA on ASDM?Thanks.

Hi,we have pix 515 , its s/w version is 7.2(4). there are 15 users connecting remotely to some servers in the LAN network using cisco VPN client s/w through the firewall. we need to limit the concuurent vpn sessions to 5 where the user number 6 can c...

Hi folks,I started scratching my head after realizing that I need to have a custom set of signatures trimmed to fit the clients requirement. Let's assume I disabled and retired not needed signatures and tuned others, making one staging IPS trimmed an...

Hi Team,I have PIX Version 6.3(5) configured with few IPSec tunnels. I would like to monitor these tunnels through snmp so that the PIX can send the trap notifying my monitoring tool if any IPSec tunnel goes down. I find the only command available is...