Network Security

Greetings,I just had a weird problem. A user here was trying to VPN through a PIX 515e and could not get access. We use RADIUS with Win 2003 IAS. I noticed that he had a password of 20 caracters. We changed the password to 15 caracters and boom, he h...

I am working with a client who has a pix 515, and a 2950 switch. Htey have a T1 connected via a 1602. On the 525 there are 3 ports - inside, outside and dmz, and on the 2950 there are 2 vlans. All was well untile they had a power outage and suddenly ...

Hi allKeeping in mind the below mentioned throughput figures mentioned in the pix datasheets, PIX525 - Cleartext throughput: Up to 330 Mbps PIX535 - Cleartext throughput: Up to 1.7 GbpsI would like to know what will be the performance difference if m...

I have a Pix 515E with an Unrestricted license and I have completed the basic commands to enable SSH support.However, when I try to connect (with SecureCRT) to the firewall, I receive the error "The server does not support cipher 3DES. The server sup...

Hi All,I'm aware that the PIX does not provide load balancing functionalty at the moment - that's coming in version 7 apparently.However, my query is this:Instead of using a failover pair, has anyone implemented the use of two PIX running OSPF in ord...

Hello,does anybody know what the main difference between the Pix 525 and 535 is? Cisco's documentation says that the 525 has a 600Mhz PIII CPU and the 535 a 1Ghz PIII CPU. The 400Mhz speed bump doesn't really explain the numbers below: Pix 525(V+) Pi...

I would appreciate any help you have to offer. I have been tossed into a network admin role and knowledge level is minimal !When I log into the VPN from home ( Router A is the VPN router ) I am not able to communicate with any servers in our remote l...

Quick question.Is it possible to use the VMS Autoupdate functionality for PIX 501s at remote sites when the PIX 501s are client VPNs in Network Extension mode?

I have a 515E and for about the last month I can established a tunnel, but can't do anything else. If I reboot the 515E everything is fine again for maybe a week or two..Would appreciate any help anyone could give

Hi ALL.In our senario,a ciaco 2621 router provide access to Internet.A switch placed before router and all subnetworks(departments) connect to the switch. The switch connect to the router through fastethernet 0/1 on router.Each subnetwork has own val...

I am trying to configure VPN through domain name instead of ip address in PIX.The command reference shows you can usae hostname or ip address at "crypto map outside_map 10 set peer " command .But while I am typing hostname after set peer PIX is not a...

Can I assign multiple ip addresses (different networks) to the PIX 501??My customer is changing T-1's. I have pre-configured a 26xx as the front end router for the new T-1.I may have to do this switch remotely with a non-tech swicthing cables.If I ca...

Has anyone had troubles with H.323 Video conferencing streams timing out through their Pix firewalls? We have tried different Polycom and Tandberg systems and each time we see reset packets sent from the Pix every 15 min or so.

I have a requirement for a transparent bridging functionality which I understand is available in the PIX version 7 code, is it known when v7 it is likely to be released ??thanks Martyn