Block IM Traffic on ASA

Ok so in a prior blog entry, I gave you my yahoo messenger ID and said you could communicate with me in real-time. I thought it only appropriate to also so you how you could deny IM traffic on the ASA without using a CSC module, IronPort Appliance or any other filtering software/tool. This functionality [...]

Partner Blogs

Hi Team, 
I wanted to make sure you were aware of and visited two very well put together and informative blogs that I partner with. The links for these blogs are located on the left-hand sidebar in the section titled blogroll. The first is Chris Durkin’s MARS blog which has some very detailed and relevant [...]

IntelliShield Periodic Security Activity Report

The IntelliShield Periodic Security Activity Report (PSAR) is a strategic intelligence product that highlights current security activity and mid- to long-range perspectives. The report addresses seven major risk management categories: vulnerability, physical, legal, trust, identity, human, and geopolitical. The PSARs are a result of collaborative efforts, information sharing, and collective security expertise of senior analysts [...]

 

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Interface Level Redundancy

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Interface-Level Redundancy is another new feature introduced in the 8.x version of the ASA/PIX code. In a nutshell, Interface-Level Redundancy is achieved by configuring a logical interface on top of two physical interfaces that reside on the same VLAN. One physical interface passes traffic whilst the [...]

WAN Emulation Toolkit

When I give WAAS demo’s to customers and partners alike, I typically use a standard network topology to keep my demo kit easy to administer but also the demo kit topology mimics most enterprises branch design connectivity options where there is a branch office connected back to the head end/data center. One of the major [...]

Router Security Bundles

One of the most frequently asked questions I receive when discussing security on IOS routers is the question that focuses on the different security bundles that Cisco offers. The question is usually like “What are all the different Security Bundles comprised of and how do they differ?”  
This is a very fair question, because without [...]

Daily Trivia - 10/25

True or False, Cisco WAAS provides an automatic discovery mechanism that uses TCP options during the initial three-way handshake to identify Cisco WAE appliances transparently. After automatic discovery, optimized connections experience a shift in the TCP sequence number to allow endpoints to distinguish between optimized and non-optimized flows.
Please email me your answer to be entered [...]

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Announcing the Cisco NAC Guest Server

Cisco® NAC Guest Server is a new appliance that works with either Cisco NAC Appliance or Cisco Wireless LAN controllers to manage the entire lifecycle of guest access, including: 

Provisioning - Allows any internal sponsor to create accounts
Notification - Provides access details by print, email or sms
Management - Change and Suspend Accounts
Reporting - [...]

Daily Trivia - 10/23

When sizing your CSC-SSM module (anti-x module), what is considered a “user”?
A) Each unique IP address that is visible on any interface during a twenty-four (24) hour period will count as a user.
B) Each unique MAC address that is visible on any interface during a twenty-four (24) hour period will count as a user.  [...]