Network Security

Websense at HQ. Remote sites with PIX 501/506 split tunneling. Would the "url-cache" command have any benefit, or would we just have to forego URL filtering at remote sites?

I am implementing a VPN solution here at work, we are on 2 bonded T1's and our firewall is a PIX 520. Currently we have around 500 users with maybe half of them outside the office and are needing the use of VPN, if my PIX will handle the load then wh...

I have a default install of a pix 525. I can ping from within the firewall to my secure network. I can ping from within the firewall to my non-secure network, but I can not ping from my secure to my non-secure (through the firewall). Is this possible...

We own a Pix 501 Firewall (50 user licence). We don't physically own 50 computers and yet the Pix Firewall is reporting "407001 Licence limit of 50 exceeded" in the log file. Most of our PC's have statically assigned IP addresses (false of habit!!), ...

I read with interest the LAN Based failover enhancements in version 6.2. I have a pair of PIX 515Es (1 x PIX-515E-UR-BUN and 1 x PIX-515E-FO-BUN) and want to run LAN based failover between them. The documentation suggests that I don't need the serial...

Hello,I have difficulting in establishing a solid connection from an outlook client (2000) remotely (outside).When setting up the client, i am able to resolve the exchange server name and user authentication are ok. The problem is when running outloo...

Does CiscoView support PIX 535 yet?We have PIX 535 with software version of 6.2.1 here. We have CiscoView 5.3 installed. And the version for PIX device has been upgraded to 3.0. But the CiscoView keeps using 'GetBulk' to talk to the PIX firewall.

We are in the middle of comparing PIX (6.x) and Checkpoint for purchase. So far PIX is winning on speed and configurability, but loosing on GUI and troubleshooting. I would like to fix that if I could be pointed to the right docs on troubleshooting i...

I am looking for a way to provide a consent page or acceptable usage page initially to users when they access the Internet. I want to show them this page the first time that workstation access the Internet each day, but not the rest of the time. I kn...

We are running a PIX 515 v6.2(2) with Cisco VPN Client 3.5.2C. I was very glad to find a new feature called split-dns.I tried to implement it similar to checkpoint's split dns but without any success.Since that feature is very helpful but nearly not ...

Hi to all of you!Have anybody informations about "realworld" connection limits on a PIX?We experienced high cpu utilization (99%) if we reached connetion counts above 70000. Our highest counts are about 135000 connections. (!!! No yoke, and no DOS/DD...

I have a PIX 520, running 5.3(1) with the webserver in a DMZ and SQL server on the inside Interface. Everything was working fine until yesterday, no changes were made, but traffic trough the PIX was spotty at best. I can now access the Internet from ...

Issue - according to the Cisco PIX Hardware manual, once memory is added to a PIX, it can not be removed or downgraded otherwise the firewall will be "unusable".I have a situation where I need to do just that. Testing the downgrade by removing the 12...

I have a Pix 520 running v6.2(1) Inside network is 172.16.x..x with about 500 users accessing a mail server on the dmz at 192.168.1.2. Everything works fine, but after a while, I will start to get reports that random hosts on the inside network can n...