Network Security

Question, We’ve all heard talk in this discussion group about bidding farewell to conduits and adopting access lists for PIX version 6.0 and the PIX Device Manager (PDM). The question churning in my brain is, what happens if I just put version 6.0 on...

Dear all,I have a PIX535 failover system with PIX software version 5.3. Now I want to use PDM, so I must upgrade PIX image and load PDM image.How can I do this?Thanks in advance,Best Regards,Willy Seo

Please help me to provide an example of configuration to allow SIP with SDP information traversing the PIX Firewall.According to the PIX Release Note version 6, SIP support is enhanced to read the IP address and port number in SIP messages body, but ...

Hi folks,Lately, i notice netscreen offering greatest threat to PIX. Any comment?

I have a PIX 506 for my Internet firewall and also a Cisco 1600 to connect a remote office to the corporate LAN. In order for the corporate users to see the remote LAN, I have to set their defualt gateway to the 1600 router. Then on the 1600 router I...

Is it possible to configure and manage a PIX Firewall thru modem. Can it be managed thru the outside Interface ?

If i understood this correctly from cisco documentation, pix can be accessed remotely via http as a part of new pdm feature.Isn't it, http, unsecure? How can i secure that connection? any thoughts?

Hello, My question is based on this scenario. I have a 1720 router with a Web server attached in the DMZ. I need to allow that Web server to access a database on the inside of a PIX 506 firewall. Is there a way to open a connection between the Web se...

Just curious to know if anyone has installed PIX 6.0(1) yet, and if there are any issues/problems/concerns with it at this early date...???Rob

I just got a PIX 506 (5.1) and I was wondering if it worthwhile to install the PIX Firewall Manager or should I get (and probably pay for) PFSS?I understand the basic difference of both but I am not sure in term of logs, which one is better consideri...

Can you overload an external IP address on the PIX 525?

I have heard that the "conduit" statement will not be in future versions of the PIX IOS. I also heard that it would be replaced by the access list command set. Does anyone know this for certain or have I just heard gossip?I am not all that good with ...

what is the proper placement of pix considering im natting all my internal web servers, and the arrow point want to see the public address on the outside interface, where do i place my pix as to avoid problems and avoid haveing to add a million rules...

Hello,I need to conduct a security audit on ourinfrastrcuture based on PIX and Cisco Secure IntrusionDetection System.Does someone know where I can find some usefullinformation to test and try to pen-test this kind ofcomponents.I want first to check ...

Hi ,I want to block chat service to a particular user.I am using PIX FW 515 U ver 5.3(1)I have used the fllowing commond to do so:outbound 50 deny (IP addrs) (255.255.255.255) irc tcpapply (inside) 50 outgoing_srcBut it is not taking effect, I mean t...