“The Cisco Firewall [training] is an outstanding aide in learning to configure and understand the Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance. Whether you are a newcomer to the ASA or operationally experienced, these videos clearly explain and demonstrate how to configure and manage the ASA from the commandline and from the ASDM GUI.” —Mark Macumber, Systems Engineer, Cisco
"Cisco Firewall" is a unique video product that provides you with more than five hours of personal visual instruction from best-selling author and lead network engineer David Hucaby. In the 16 videos presented on the DVD, David walks you through common Cisco® firewall configuration and troubleshooting tasks. Designed to develop and enhance hands-on skills, each 10–30 minute video guides you through essential configuration tasks on the Cisco ASA and FWSM platforms and shows you how to verify that firewalls are working correctly.
Lab Layout:
Each video lab presents objectives, dynamic lab topology diagrams, command syntax overviews, and video captures of command-line input and GUI configuration. All of this is coupled with thorough audio instruction by an industry expert making learning easy and engaging.
Network Animation:
Animated network diagrams show you lab setup, device addressing, and how traffic flows through the network.
Command-Line Interface (CLI) Video:
Video screencasts of ASA and FWSM CLI and the ASDM GUI demonstrate command entry, configuration techniques, and device response.
Cisco Firewall
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Lab 1: Initial Configuration
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This lab demonstrates how a new firewall can be configured for the first time. The command-line interface (CLI) is used while the computer is connected to the firewall console.
Lab 2: Configuring Interfaces
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This lab shows how the firewall mode (transparent or routed) is set. Then a variety of firewall interfaces, both physical and logical, are configured.
Lab 3: Setting Up Routing
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In this lab, sources of routing information are configured. Static routes, default routes, standby ISPs, and the OSPF dynamic routing protocol are all demonstrated.
Lab 4: Firewall Administration over the Network
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This lab shows how a firewall can be configured for remote management through Telnet, SSH, and ASDM sessions.
Lab 5: Using Multiple Security Contexts
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This lab demonstrates how a single physical firewall platform can be configured to run multiple instances of virtual firewalls or security contexts.
Lab 6: Using Failover for High Availability
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In this lab, two firewalls are configured as a failover pair. This enables them to operate in a redundant fashion, increasing their availability during a failure.
Lab 7: Failover in Action
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This lab demonstrates several different kinds of failures, triggering the failover operation presented in Lab 6. A “hitless” upgrade is also shown, in which the operating system of each firewall in a failover pair is upgraded without impacting the traffic passing through.
Lab 8: Setting Up Address Translation and Connection Limits
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This lab shows examples of six different ways to configure address translation on a firewall.
Lab 9: Setting Up Firewall Rules
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In this lab, security policies are defined through access list configuration. Furthermore, access lists are configured in a more organized, compact fashion with object groups.
Lab 10: Setting Up a DMZ
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This lab demonstrates how additional interfaces can be added to a firewall, beyond the simple “inside” and “outside” interfaces.
Lab 11: Setting Up Logins
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In this lab, a firewall is configured to generate and send logging messages to a collection point. After they are collected, the messages can be analyzed, or they can become a record for an audit trail.
Lab 12: Using MPF to Control Layer 3/4 Connections
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This lab demonstrates how the Modular Policy Framework (MPF) is used to define a policy that sets connection limits on UDP and TCP connections.
Lab 13: Using MPF to Perform QoS Queuing and Policing
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In this lab, the MPF is used to configure priority queuing policies that handle specific types of traffic more efficiently than other traffic. In addition, policing is used to limit the bandwidth used by certain types of traffic.
Lab 14: Using MPF to Tune Application Inspection Engines
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This lab shows how a firewall can be configured to change how it inspects traffic related to specific applications.
Lab 15: Testing Security Policies with Packet Tracer
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This lab demonstrates the Packet Tracer tool and how it can be used to verify a firewall’s configuration. A virtual packet is sent from one interface to another, with a graphical display showing what happens to the packet at each step along the way.
Lab 16: Capturing Traffic
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In this lab, a firewall is configured to capture traffic for further analysis. Both the CLI and ASDM are used to configure a capture session and to display the packets captured.
