Network Security

Every once in a while, I receive an error “Other firewall reports this firewall failed.” on PIX firewall. I am running two PIX 520s in fail over mode. The firewalls are stable and working for months, but once is a while I receive this error at which ...

Does anybody perhaps know if it is possible to do load-balancing with two Pix Firewalls ? I heard something about this but I do not find anything back on CCO.Thanks

Anyone out there using the new IDS features on a PIX?How has it worked out? Have you done any testing to ensure the IDS is catching attacks?

i have a pix 515 that for the past three wks has rebooted on its own twice. i have no clue why! it is connected to a UPS so i don't think it is a flaky power supply thing. but maybe it is...does anyone have any clues or any ideas on what to check? th...

hi, my name is anton.i cannot ping my inside interface hosts from hosts on dmz,also cannot get thru from hosts on inside interface to hosts on dmz.i am testing the pix so i have all access-list set to ''permit ip any any'' .i have default route point...

I have a Pix 520 PIX Version 4.2(4) and have been trying to map and inside address to an outside address for my Polycoms these are the lines I used but they don't work. static (inside,outside) 128.171.188.1 10.1.4.52 netmask 255.255.255.255 0 0 condu...

Does anyone know the new date for Release 6 ? AFAIK it was 11 of this month, we are waiting for the W2K support for the VPN Client and Pix.

I have a PIX 520 running 5.1(4). Have the statements necessary to set up IPSec VPN with pre-shared key. Company wants to allow access by outsiders. I Have ACE server doing TACACS+ on my AS5xxx for PPP dial-in. Can I use SecurID token as authentic...

Is there a way to setup a PIX 506 with a DHCP address for the outside (i.e. cable mode, DSL) AND also allow access to a web server or email server on the inside (protected/private) of the network? I have tried the Static and conduit commands to no a...

I have a PIX506 6.01 and would like to use it on my DSL but I only have 1 IP address and must connect w/ PPPoE. Is there a way to do this? Has anyone done it? My only alternative is to change service providers.

Does anyone know the current release date for PIX 6.0 software? The last I heard was the end of April.

With DNS I am trying to set up an permit statement for a node.any sugestions??

Hi,I want to setup a Linux server as a Syslog server for my PIX .The procedure which I followed does not seem to be working could anybody point where am I going wrong.I have created /var/log/pix/pixfirewall on the linux server & appropriately modifie...

Has anyone heard of any PIX simulation software or internet lab access to a PIX. I would like to try various configurations but cannot do it on our production firewall. Any links or suggestions appreciated.

i'd like to upgrade my pix 515 from 4.2 to 5.3 . How do i do that and how can i obtain an activation key. Thankx