Cisco ASA Configuration

by Richard Deal

Overview

"Richard Deal's gift of making difficult technology concepts understandable has remained constant. Whether it is presenting to a room of information technology professionals or writing books, Richard's communication skills are unsurpassed. As information technology professionals we are faced with overcoming challenges every day...Cisco ASA Configuration is a great reference and tool for answering our challenges." --From the Foreword by Steve Marcinek (CCIE 7225), Systems Engineer, Cisco Systems

A hands-on guide to implementing Cisco ASA

Configure and maintain a Cisco ASA platform to meet the requirements of your security policy. Cisco ASA Configuration shows you how to control traffic in the corporate network and protect it from internal and external threats. This comprehensive resource covers the latest features available in Cisco ASA version 8.0, and includes detailed examples of complex configurations and troubleshooting. Implement and manage Cisco's powerful, multifunction network adaptive security appliance with help from this definitive guide.

• Configure Cisco ASA using the command-line interface (CLI) and Adaptive Security Device Manager (ASDM)
• Control traffic through the appliance with access control lists (ACLs) and object groups
• Filter Java, ActiveX, and web content
• Authenticate and authorize connections using Cut-through Proxy (CTP)
• Use Modular Policy Framework (MPF) to configure security appliance features
• Perform protocol and application inspection
• Enable IPSec site-to-site and remote access connections
• Configure WebVPN components for SSL VPN access
• Implement advanced features, including the transparent firewall, security contexts, and failover
• Detect and prevent network attacks
• Prepare and manage the AIP-SSM and CSC-SSM cards

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780071622684
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	08/24/2009
Series:	Networking Professional's Library
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	752
File size:	25 MB
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About the Author

Richard Deal, CCNA, CCNP, CCDA, CCDP is a certified Cisco instructor, a Cisco certification test writer, consultant, and trainer. He is the author of Cisco PIX Firewalls and CCNA Cisco Certified Network Associate Study Guide

Table of Contents

Part I: Introduction to Firewalls and the ASAs

Chapter 1: Firewall Basics

Chapter 2: ASA Product Family

Part II: ASA Basic Configuration Tasks

Chapter 3: CLI Basics

Chapter 4: Basic ASA Configuration

Chapter 5: Routing and Multicasting

Part III: Controlling Traffic Through the ASA

Chapter 6: Address Translation

Chapter 7: Access Control

Chapter 8: Web Content

Chapter 9: Cut-Through Proxy

Chapter 10: IPv6

Part IV: Policy Implementation

Chapter 11: Modular Policy Framework

Chapter 12: Protocols and Policies

Chapter 13: Data Applications and Policies

Chapter 14: Voice and Policies

Chapter 15: Multimedia and Policies

Part V: VPNs

Chapter 16: ASA as a Certificate Authority

Chapter 17: IPSec Site-to-Site

Chapter 18: IPSec Remote Access Server

Chapter 19: IPSec Remote Access Client

Chapter 20: SSL VPNs: Clientless

Chapter 21: SSL VPNs: AnyConnect Client

Part VI: Advanced Features of the ASA

Chapter 22: Transparent Firewall

Chapter 23: Contexts

Chapter 24: Failover

Chapter 25: Network Attack Prevention

Chapter 26: SSM Cards

Part VII: Management of the ASA

Chapter 27: Basic Management

Chapter 28: ASDM