CCIE Practical Studies: Security (CCIE Self-Study)

Basic IOS Security Configuration

The following lessons and case studies are dedicated to basic Cisco IOS Software security configuration methods and are grouped into several scenarios, variations of which you are likely to encounter in the CCIE Security lab exam or in real life.

Lesson 15-1: Configuring Passwords, Privileges, and Logins

In this lesson, R8 is the router that needs to have basic Cisco IOS Software security features configured. Once R8 is configured, a remote host attempts to log in and perform some tasks.

This lesson covers the following configuration steps:

Step 1.	Setting passwords
Step 2.	Limiting connection time
Step 3.	Configuring vtys and accessing the network remotely
Step 4.	Creating user accounts
Step 5.	Assigning privileges ...