Network Security

I have a 6509-E configured with three context (Admin, context A, context B).My question is: can I have two bvi interfaces on one of my Contexts??? so I can bridge bvi 1 with two vlans (One network) and use another bvi 2 with another two vlans (diffre...

I had a client contact me today to say that when a PC running Windows tries to get an IP address via DHCP, it fails. I found this KB article on Microsoft's site (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928233) for a fix and other info that said it will be r...

Some firewalls, after receiving a packet, generate a new packet and populate it with data from the original, rather than forwarding the same packet that was received. Does the PIX do this?Thanks - K

I want rto block skype traffic at all.I have a choice of:- Cisco router (870, which should handle Flexible Packet Matching)- Cisco switch (cat6500 - sup720 and sup32 NOT PISA EQUIPPED)- Cisco ASA 5520 (Modular Policy Framework)Been playing with 870 a...

I have recently inherited a network with an ASA 5505 at a remote office. Users there have a server that needs to be accessible from the outside. I would like to put this server in a DMZ and use port forwarding (I have the security plus license alre...

Hi,I am trying to setup a firewalled network and am having a strange problem. I have a PIX 515e and when connected in a simple test setup with a workstation on the inside and another PC connected through a switch on the outside, everything seems to b...

i have been told that the ids-4215 can only have a 4fe66(does that partnumber make sense). i have found that the pix4fe is interchangeable with a pix4fe66. is this true with the IDS? thanks Gary Lash chinsue32@cox.net

Hi,I m using 4215. Its working fine except one problem which happens sometimes but after reloading IPS it again starts working fine.Problem is: When i start EventViewer, sometimes it gives me an error"Error:env:Sender-sd:errLimitExceeded- This subsri...

Hellowe have 2 ASA 5520 (Ver. 8.0(2)) uin active/standby failover. each asa has also an IDS module (ASA-SSM-10) in promiscuous mode.we have an failover almost every day/night .with "sh failover history" we get this output:"Service card in other unit ...

Hi, Are there any feature in the ASA that act like Policy based routing, so I can redirect certain traffic through certain interface.

It's been a while since working with PIX firewalls and one of ours in a remote location is starting to develop hardware issues (CPU fan). Trouble is, we've got it set to complete a static VPN tunnel to the location where I'm working at and the tunne...

HiHas anyone an idea how to get CS-MARS to properly parse custom signatures from an IPS 6.x? MARS seems to disregard both the name of the signature,severity and the new-to-version6 MARS category and regard everything as "Unknown event". Not much of a...

Hi, I'm looking for a general steer / experiences in implementing this using an ASA. Colleagues are steering me down a route of Microsoft ISA to provide thisfunctionaility.I kinda hope I can just use the ASA. Many Thanks,

Am in a spot of bother with getting my SNMP management station (running Solarwinds) to poll a PIX501 firewall at a remote location connected via VPN. The remote PIX501 had its peer changed from the PIX535 to a VPN Concentrator that sits side-by-side ...