Network Security

What is the processor/processors in the ASA 5540?

I am in the process of configuring my ASA5505. I have the Security+ license. I am finding that I have no choice but to use VLANS and then switchport my E0/* interfaces. Is this true or can I somehow get around this setup and assign IPs and Names to E...

Hi Experts,We have 2 ISP's consider SP-A and SP-B. Both are connected to Router. We have default routes on Router to SP-A and SP-B. Router is connected to PIX. Patting has been performed for both the ISP's. Now I need some redundancy on PIX so that S...

I'm configuring a couple of FWSM's (2.2 and 2.3) as devices in MARS. When I add the FWSM as a device, what do I enter as the device name and reporting / access IPs? Should the device name and / or IP info be the same as the FWSM's admin context? or s...

I am in the process of upgrading my Sonicwall to a Pix 515e (IOS 6.3(5)). So far I have the new config working great except for one problem which I have not been able to find a clear answer. I have two interfaces outside 0 (a.b.c.0) and inside 100 (w...

I am trying to shutdown my sensing port on an IDS 4235 since I cannot seems to get the latest software FTP'ed over. I can do it on another so I am positive I am doing the ftp correctly. I tried "conf t" "int sensing 0", it says the commands are depre...

iam still new in this security world.i am using cisco ASDM 5.0 for ASA.How can i block Instant messenging like Yahoo messenger and msn messenger. and also how can i block p2p apllication in my network envirenmont? lastly how can i monitor network uti...

Howdy Gurus,I've an ASA with the latest 7.x software and some tricky problems. VPN clients can access all internal networks fine, but intermittently, a client will have an issue connecting to a SAP server using the SAP client. All other type of conne...

I recently had to make some changes on a pix firewall that seperates two seperate internal subnets and now I cannot ping from the inside to the outside subnet. I openned up PPTP and cleaned up some other things that I didn't think were needed and may...

Hi Everyone, I need to inform the operator the procedure he needs to make to power off the ISDM-2 Module. I want to avoid give him access to an administrator account, but I can?t see another way. Any tip to automatizate this procedure and not requer ...

Hi,I have Cisco PIX firewall 535, ver 7.0. Cluster with two nodes, one virtual ip, but different physical mac-addresses is using PIX as a default gateway. When the cluster swithes from one node to another, probably due to the change of the mac-addres...

Does anyone know if there are plans to use the USB ports on the ASA5500 Series as the failover interface medium?To my mind (apart from the IP bit) it would be similar to a cable-based ACTIVE/STANDBY failover scenario.I have extreme difficulty in burn...

Has anyone experienced this problem?If I'm sitting behind an ASA 5510 and surf the net at a few of the websites i get a timeout/webpage not found error! i have setup a pix501 on the same public segment as the ASA and when access the same pages from b...