Network Security

Can anyone tell me how to test or trigger a signature to determine if shun requests from the master blocking sensor (MBS) are actually resulting in shuns in the PIX? Can this same procedure be applied to FWSMs?

I was under the impression that I should be able to access the failover firewall when it is in standby mode. Currently, I am unable to ping any interface, access the firewall via the PDM or SSH. Conversly, while consoled into the standby firewall I c...

Hi all,I upgraded a 4215 from IDS to IPS 5.03 with Sig 181 and the BIOS update. Now I am unable to communicate through the sensor. I can ping the sensor only from int FA1(which I presume is actually FA0/1 in the config) Here is my config:service anal...

Hi Does anyone know if there is an impact to performance on PIX hardware when using pix code 7.x I am particularly interesed in the affect it may have on VoIP. We have a number of PIX 515's and 515E using VPNs between sitesregardscolin

Hi,I have a UR failover bundle of PIX 525 and would like to procure 5 Security Contexts do I need to purchase a license for each PIX in the failover pair or just one. The product no for the context license is - PIX-SW-SC-5Thanks,Anil

Hiya,I'm thinking of installing another NIC on our Cisco PIX 525. Currently there are 3 Fast E interfaces on it, i.e. e0 e1 e2 . I plan to add another one for a second DMZ. I've tried using a 3COM 10/100 NIC but that doesn't seem to work - PIX does n...

Folks, Looking at the cisco software navigator and it tells me that a 3660 router also supports IPS. Does that mean that i will be able to load the latest Policy manager or SDM and manage the IPS functionility? Aso download signatures seprately??Than...

Is there a way to import current firewall settings from a 3Comm firewall into the pix515?

We have set a Cisco ADSL router up and a PIX firewall. I have followed the Cisco article on configuring the firewall but no matter what I do, I can only see the outside addresses if I allow the Firewall to give me a DHCP address. I have tried NAT and...

I have to configure pix firewall 515 vesrion 6.3Please, can somebody help to choose best configuration to enhance http,ftp and smtp process.deny virus, disturb traffic and attack.Best regard

Folks, I have a pix 515. I have 16 MB flash installed on it, i even formatted the flash, but evertime i try to install the 7.0 code it fails and gives me a message that i have insufficient space??? Received 5124096 bytes Flash filesystem recreated. E...

I have a PIX 515E with a restricted Bun, and I wish to a add a nic for a DMZ configuration. In my current config I'm using two nic EO and E1, if I add a sec nic such as a PIX 1FE, do I need to change the license? In addition, is the PIX 1fe the corre...

Hi,i am running two pix in active stanby mode, it happen often that i connect to both nodes at the same time and i issue command by mistake on the stnaby unit, i am then prompted with the synch issue. is there any way to customize the prompt so you k...

Question:Is it possible to use a Solaris 8 IDSMC as an NTP server to the 4.X sensors? It seems that the cisco sensors only want to connect to a cisco device....is there some way around this?Also, if it is possible...how would you set up the IDSMC to ...

I want to know if these two equipment can be upgraded to operate in IPS capacities and what can be done to achieve this?.If IPS is not achievable, how can i upgrade this equipment with the latest updates as released by cisco inc.