After returning from vacation, Bob (the optimistic firewall technician) decided that he wanted to take some time and get a little bit more familiar with firewall configuration. He was able to get permission to use some spare equipment for practice.... [Read the rest of this entry -->]
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It was a dark, cold night in late December, and Bob, (the optimistic firewall technician), had a single ASA to deploy before going home for the holidays. The requirements for the firewall were simple. Bob read them slowly as follows:... [Read the rest of this entry -->]
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Posted in CCIE Security, PIX/ASA Firewall on Sep 11th, 2009
Join Keith Barker for “Module 1 ASA, Lesson A – ASA Initialization” in the upcoming CCIE Security Audio Bootcamp. This sample can be accessed in one of three ways:... [Read the rest of this entry -->]
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Posted in CCIE Security, PIX/ASA Firewall on Apr 19th, 2009
Modular Policy Framework (MPF) configuration defines set of rules for applying firewall features, such as traffic inspection, QoS etc. to the traffic transiting the firewall. MPF has many similarities to MQC (Modular QoS CLI) syntax found in Cisco IOS, but there are some major differences in the flow of operations, even though many commands look the same. The following post assumes basic understanding of ASA firewall and its configuration. It covers the basic logic of the MPF, but does go over all firewall features in depth. ... [Read the rest of this entry -->]
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