Network Security

I have a hardware VPN tunnel from a PIX515e to a PIX501. Traffic in the tunnle is very bad. If I do a "sh crypto isakmp sa" is shows a state of "QM_IDLE". I am not sure if this is a problem? The any ideas on how I can troubleshoot this?

Hello,I am considering purchasing an ASA 5505 device for our remote offices. I was wondering, these remote sites have cable modems and DSL modems. Does the ASA 5505 work with these modems? Would I just plug my cable or DSL modem directly into the ASA...

I just purchased an ASA with SSM-10 IPS module and am doing the initial configuration. The SSM has IPS v5.1(6)E1 installed on it and I wanted to know if I should upgrade it to the new IPS v6 before configuring and putting it into production. If so ca...

Hi all,I am runnning an ASA5510, with interface configInside: 192.168.0.254/24Outside: 123.123.123.241/28DMZ: 123.123.123.238/28that mean usable IP range in DMZ is 123.123.123.225-238usable IP range in Outside is123.123.123.241-254123.123.123.254 is ...

hi everybody,does anyone see what's wrong with the acl? although udp 500 is allowed, the pix blocks the traffic. net1 - pix1 - router - pix2 - net2%PIX-7-710005: UDP request discarded from 10.4.1.1/1024 to outside:10.2.1.1/500%PIX-7-710005: UDP reque...

I'm new to the world of cisco. (asa 5510).I have a rack at a data center that has multiple IP addresses - 254.16.220.1 thru 254.16.220.62 (obviously not the acutal addresses.)I need to integrate it slowly into my rack, pulling one server behind it at...

Hi,I need to know if the ASA5505 is limited to only using it's switch for the clients in the LAN. What am I missing here?We have 1841 with ADSL modem. Just purchased ASA5505 and installed Serial card on 1841 for Internet Leased Line.Disconnected ADSL...

Hey any help would be appriciated here...So I set up my PIX for PPTP, but I forget the username and password to log onto it from my windows computer. I can get into my PIX but it has been so long I'm at a loss as to how to reset/recover it.

I recently deployed an ASA 5505 and after powering this unit up, things seemed to be fine. After a few hours, all internal connections out to the Internet stopped. I have not been able to find the cause of this, but when this happens, I try pinging a...

We are wanting to firewall our server farm that lives on its own VLAN with a UTM/firewall device so we can control who gets access to databases with sensative information. What is the best practice to doing this without creating new VLAN's etc? Basic...

Hi, i have the last IPS version instaled inside an ASA. When the licence has expired, the sensor cannot log events from the last day and earlier to the CSM, only shows the current day events.Can someone tell me why? what happens with the old log? Can...