Chapter 5. Securing the Router

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This chapter covers the following topics:

  • Locking down the router: This section discusses various router services that attackers might target. To help you harden the security of a router, this section also describes the AutoSecure feature and Cisco SDM’s One-Step Lockdown feature.

  • Using secure management and reporting: This section focuses on securing and monitoring router access using syslog, SSH, and SNMPv3 technologies. Also, this section distinguishes between in-band and out-of-band network management and shows you how to use Cisco SDM to configure a variety of management and monitoring features.

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Newly installed Cisco IOS routers might have multiple services and interfaces enabled ...

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