Network Security

I have a "problem" when I configure an PIX (via the PIX MC) to work with an AUS. In the Configure/Settings/Server and Services/Auto Update ServerI do have to specify the parameter with are then used by the PIX to contact the AUS (as far as I underst...

I have a customer that needs to have access to AOL mail and Hotmail through the pix. The pix is up and running just fine but access to theses pages sometimes fails. Is there a bug in 6.x. Has anyone else seen or had this problem?Thanks in advance

I have 3 internal networks on pix inside interface, to access from outside or dmz to my internal servers I have to create static nat for all these networks on dmz, outside interface, and other interfaces(if i want to reach my server from that interf...

What is the trick to getting PDM to run from the untrust/public interface without building a VPN tunnel to it? It uses HTTPS, so what's the problem?Any suggestions?Thanks!

When i configure on a PIX v.6.2.1 a route default for the net 192.168.0.0 255.255.0.0 towards a gateway on a DMZ and creating a VPN PIX-to-PIX with an access-list to a remote net 192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 the routing excludes this net from the route ...

Is it possible to setup some kind of a round-ribbon with the PIX. Currently have one web server and will be setting up another for redundancy. Currently using NAT (one-to-one) .Want to point users to both systems using one NAT address.

We are getting some mixed signals from our resellers concerning PIX 3DES upgrades for a 515-UR & 515-FA set-up. Basically we were informed that we only needed to purchase a 3DES upgrade for the main PIX (515UR), while the backup could continue to hav...

Hi all,Does anyone know of any concrete benefits of the PIX over these other two firewalls? I appreciate everyone will go with "the one they know" but are there any differences that I could put forward in the PIX's favour?cheers for your time.Andy

I upgraded our PIX 515 from 5.3(4) to 6.2(2). I want to allow only certain workstations to access the FW with the PDM. However there are more than just the 2 workstations I wanted. I went down the list and did a no "followed by the command and ip" an...

HiI reload the pix OS 5.1(2) witht he help of boothelper and useing pix512.bin file. After recycling the power and loading the OS from the flash, it is asking me to enter 'username' of which i do not have info. i guess this is due to earlier configur...

Hi! all, Should I Update my IOS Pix software v5.3 (1) ??Where can I see the advantages ( in security ) of new versions?thanks in advance.

I want to send syslog info from a remote pix506 to a Win2000 pc on a VPN that travels through a pix515. I set the logging on the 506 with the nat address of the Win2000 machine, but when I try to ping from the 506 it doesn't see it.The Win2000 machi...

I want to have timestamps on my Pix's syslog messages. I have ntp running ok, and I have configured the commands below. logging timestampslogging onlogging host inside (ip address)Alhgough I still have no timestamps in the syslog messages. Any ide...

Is it possible to have lan to lan tunnel b/w pixes with a router doing natting between them. Also what if one one vpn endpoint was a router is it possible. Scenario,One end pix gets a dynamic ip add from DSL router and all traffic through the DSL rou...