admin @ May 6, 2008 # One Comment
Cisco PIX 5: Access Control Lists and Content Filtering
Hopefully after reading this you will understand the basic and advanced features of ACL’s, how to block ActiveX and Java applets and how to configure URL filtering on a security appliance.
Just to recap, by default every PIX has an INSIDE interface with a security level of 100 […]
admin @ May 6, 2008 # One Comment
4: TCP, UDP, NAT and PAT as the PIX see’s it.
In part four I will cover how the PIX handles TCP and UDP protocols, how static and dynamic translations work, how TCP interception features work and how to configure Dynamic NAT’s, Static NAT’s across one interface and multiple interfaces.
Almost the entire world uses Internet Protocol […]
admin @ May 6, 2008 # One Comment
3. Slightly Advanced PIX Configuration
If you have read part two you will know we have configured the PIX for basic operation; we have gave it a name, assigned IP addresses, speed/duplex setting and gave security levels to the interfaces. We configured NAT from the INSIDE to the OUTSIDE interfaces.
So now anything attached to the INSIDE […]
admin @ May 6, 2008 # One Comment
2: Basic PIX configuration
There are only 6 steps that need to be taken to enable the PIX to be able to send packets to the outside world, known by some as the PIX SIX, they are:
Hostname
Interface
Nat-Control
Nat
Global
Route
Hostname:
This assigns a host name to the PIX and should be called something that is meaningful for that particular PIX. […]
admin @ February 25, 2008 # No Comment Yet
CISCO PIX: INTRODUCTION, HOW IT OPERATES AND THE CLI
The PIX Firewall.
The Cisco PIX firewall is one of the most popular brands of firewalls available today. Whilst they can be a very useful piece of equipment, it is not always straight forward to configure them.
Due to the nature of a Firewall and what it is used […]
