port forwarders

[lcaruso]

Hi,

I've been asked to look at an ASA that is having issues. I don't recall seeing port forwarders in flash before. Is this legit or some kind of hack?

sh flash

--#--  --length--  -----date/time------  path

  114  14635008    May 02 2011 00:59:32  asa803-k8.bin

  115  6851212     May 02 2011 01:01:00  asdm-603.bin

    3  8192        May 02 2011 01:04:22  log

   10  8192        May 02 2011 01:04:32  crypto_archive

  117  16459776    Aug 12 2011 07:12:46  asa822-k8.bin

  118  15261696    Aug 12 2011 07:25:08  asa824-k8.bin

  119  16280544    Aug 12 2011 07:33:20  asdm-645.bin

   11  8192        Aug 12 2011 07:37:12  coredumpinfo

   12  43          Aug 12 2011 07:37:12  coredumpinfo/coredump.cfg

  120  15610084    Aug 12 2011 10:27:42  asdm-643.bin

  121  15841428    Aug 12 2011 10:28:50  asdm-641.bin

  122  14812604    Aug 12 2011 10:29:54  asdm-635.bin

  123  4807912     Aug 14 2011 18:23:24  anyconnect-win-2.5.3054-k9.pkg

  124  2454        Aug 15 2011 16:53:22  fr_customization.po

  125  4201        Aug 15 2011 16:53:22  fr_PortForwarder.po

  126  31388       Aug 15 2011 16:53:22  fr_webvpn.po

  127  4021        Aug 15 2011 16:53:22  ja_customization.po

  128  6382        Aug 15 2011 16:53:22  ja_PortForwarder.po

  129  51272       Aug 15 2011 16:53:22  ja_webvpn.po

  130  4074        Aug 15 2011 16:53:22  ru_customization.po

  131  6965        Aug 15 2011 16:53:22  ru_PortForwarder.po

  132  62997       Aug 15 2011 16:53:22  ru_webvpn.po

  133  25905       Aug 15 2011 16:53:32  startup-config.cfg

[Jennifer Halim · Accepted solution]

Looks like matching this particular bug: CSCtq88352:

http://tools.cisco.com/Support/BugToolKit/search/getBugDetails.do?method=fetchBugDetails&bugId=CSCtq88352

[lcaruso]

Good call.  They contacted me right after they restored with ASDM 6.4(5) on a 5520.

I've never had much luck with restores, so I always do them line by line or section by section.

Can I attribute any of the problems they are now claiming to this restore process?

[Jennifer Halim]

Any issues on the ASA should not be the cause of this particular bug.

The issue with the bug is when restoring using ASDM 6.4.x, the temporary files (ja_PortForwarder.po) created didn't get deleted as part of the restore procedure. However, it should cause any issues on the ASA function itself.

You can manually delete those files as per the bug "Further Problem Description".