Network Security

I have setup a PIX connect to the Internet using a dynamic IP. And I have enable the appropriate IP to access the PIX from outside. But I cannot access the PIX using ssh from outside. I enable debug ssh on the PIX, but only see something likeTCP conn...

Why is Cisco using a dynamic value for the authentication realm at the MySDN site? http://tools.cisco.com/MySDN/IntelligenceI assume the purpose is to force re-auth every time I load the site. This is annoying. Cisco doesn't do it for any other area...

Comcast is my ISP, so I'm using the modem that they provided. Here is my device layout:Cable Modem > PIX 501 > Dell 2016 Switch > 4 Desktop ComputersThe Pix 501 is new out of the box with the factory default settings. I have followed the setup proced...

We are in the process of building out our infrastucture to support 3rd parties. In the design we will be adding either 525s for asa's. I am interested in hearing peoples experiences with the ASA, being they are a new product. Specifically the kind...

We are having 3 to 4 clients in our branch office. These connect using VPN to the HO. One of the clients acts as a print manager. Whenever a print request comes to the print manager machine the ticket should print. The Print request comes from a thi...

without the use of VPN, a way to form telnet/ssh connection into Pix from outside network with a ssh client.

How can I include a dmz on Pix 501 firewall? Tks.

I had a pending report (with status: running) in my IPSMC 2.1. The report had been running for almost a week so I assumed that it is not reponding anymore. I deleted the pending report but the "report running icon" in the top right corner of the wi...

Is there a document that compares the performance characteristics of the IPS 4200 appliances with the IDSM's and the ASA appliances?i.e. Trying to determine where it makes the most sense to use an integrated appliance and where the decision point exi...

Hello,We're trying to make a PPTP connection with a Pix 506 (6.3.5), and a Pocket PC Windows CE based appliance.We've done the Pix banal configuration (attached) and tested it with a Windows XP workastation: all worked well.But, when we try to use th...

Hi everyoneI use a PIX 501 as a VPN Concentrator for a few remote workers. This has been working fine, but for some reason it has become unstable over the last few weeksThe PIX becomes unstable, and cannot be pinged either internally or connected to ...

We want to monitor our AES-256 VPN tunnels for our environment using CiscoWorks VMS 2.3. Our AES-256 VPN peers is a VPN concentrator with multiple PIX firewalls to our remote sites(hub and spoke design). Will CiscoWorks VMS 2.3 support this archite...

Any recommendations for PIX 7.x - HTTP Inspection for the following:Maximum URi LengthMaximum Header Length (and response)Body Length (min/max)RFC Request methods (what to allow/block)Extension Request method. etcThanks

Checking it on 4240 I configured about 70 entries and the sensor refused to take any more. Is it a physical limit or a bug?Regards,Krzysztof