Network Security

I want to use an open source IDS for my small network. I have a Pix 501 and I would like to span one of the ports from the integrated four port switch so my IDS can see all the traffic. Is this possible or is the integrated switch too basic? I have a...

When there are incorrect TCP checksum values, and malformed packets from the source or destination is there degradation in network or application performance?

hiIf IPS 4240 is configured in IN-line mode and if its power supply fails, will it still keep network continuity up and pass the network traffic thr' it? thanksregardsRakesh======

I have a user who wants to make video conferences with external companies over the Internet. Can someone give me an example on how I have to configure my PIX firewall to allow this, please?Thank you and kind regards,Andreas

Hello,I have quite a few tunnels already setup (L2L) but now when I try to add more and I enter all the crypto and isakmp settings (including peers, interesting traffic etc) the Pix takes the commands, it does not say that it's incomplete but then wh...

Hi All,I really need some advise here. I have 20 sensing points. Hope to limit 1 sensing point to 100MB. What model of CSMARS would you recommend?I am thinking about the CSMARS 100e-k9? Thanks in advance.

Hello,My backup pix shuts down intermittently and doesnt come up till i do a wr standby. Pls what could be causing this?

I have 2 easy questions for u guys... Well these questions are really hard for newcomers to PIX like me. Anyhow, we have a PIX 501... And PPPoE is enabled on outside interface. Here what i wanna do is i wanna configure it for Remote Access VPN such a...

I am using a PIX515 and over the last few days my bandwidth has been spiked. I have been running netflow on my outside boarder router to see what traffic is passing but because the PIX is doing NAT it always points to a IP address in the NAT pool. I ...

Hi,I have pix 520 & 535 , both ar ein live environment, I want to know mac address of failover so how can I get it.Even I want to know ios of both pix so how can I get.Jitesh

Recently installed IPS4240's running inline. With "bypass-mode auto" the BGP peering (with password) between 2 routers either side of the IPS unit drops. The error logs indicate bad MD5 hash on both units. In "bypass-mode on" BGP peering with passwor...

Dear ALL, I am now using a PIX and want to test the concurrent connection ability.Is there a method to try to using as few workstation and systematic to generate the traffic in the lab, and show the data.tks very much

Hi,What does it exatly mean "Untrusted rootkit detected".Is there any documentation for that? How can I know, what was the reason for that kind of detection? ThanksTamas

Suppose I want to configure a policy that will allow a user to download and execute .exe and .msi files. Of course, I cannot list all of the files that should be allowed to execute since installer executables can have a variety of filenames.The only ...

Hello,I am currently trying to configure sub-interfaces on my ASA 5520. During my setup things seemed to go smoothly but once I hooked everything up there is no communication from one end to the other. Basically I am trying to access a webserve on th...