Network Security

Hello,in the near future we will have to look for a firewall/IDS combination. But it is difficult to compare the vendors, because all you get are marketing brochures but no real neutral reviews. What are your experiences with the ASA + Adaptive Secur...

http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/Software/Tablebuild/doftp.pl?ftpfile=cisco/crypto/3DES/ciscosecure/cs-mars/csmars-4.2.7.2521.pkg&app=Tablebuild&status=showC2AI can't find the release notes though. If anyone knows where they are can you please post the l...

Hello friends..I need to upgrade my PIX OS version from 6.3(3) to 8.0(2).My question is: Is it possible to upgrade directly? Or Is it necessary to upgrade to 7.0, then 7.1, then 7.2 and finally 8.0 version?Could you help me?Cris

I`m a very new to cisco management, so here are my issues. 1. I`ve been trying to open port 2086 inbound and outbound and I don`t know how to do it.2. For some reason the firewall is not letting smpt connect outside.Here is my firewall configuration ...

I have configured pix 525 with ios version 7.2 in transparent mode ,Kept both interfaces in different vlan & Allowed any to any traffic through firewall ... Following are the observations - => As per rule arp request is passing through firewall & i a...

I have an installation with 2 ASA. Think of it as having an outside, inside and further inside. One ASA behind the other with switches in between and hosts connected to the switches. Each level being a different subnet. What is the best way to config...

Hi,I was just wondering whther anyone knows of any 'server load balancing' feature in ASA v7 or v8.I'm not talking about the Active/Active FW Load Balancing that came in with v7, but about simple content load balancing (something like distributing ht...

Hello,with a pix 501, how can allow a particular user/ip address access to only one web address and denying every other website. Simple right?ThanksDaniel

Hi All ,I would like to deploy the NAC Appliance for 1500 users on my network,just wanted to get clarity as to why do i need the NAC manager for 20 NAC Appliances if am only deploying one NAC Appliance. Thanks in advance

Wow. ASDM v6 is a LOT better than ASDM5.2 I just wish I didn't have to upgrade my ASA 5505 up to v8.02 to use it. I don't need any of the new features on the firewall, I just like the new monitoring features that the ASDM has and the user interface h...

Please forgive the newbie question:On a NAC 4.12 installation on the CAM it says, "Please Update AV List" under Clean Access Agent--->Rules--->New AV ListWhere do I download this list from? I understand how to do the Nessus Plugins but am confused ab...

i have a new asa 5505 and i am wanting to update the asdm and asa and I am able to ping the inside address, but i am not able to ping my tftp server when it is getting the ip from the asa.