Cisco ASA and PIX Firewall Handbook

Introduction

This book focuses on the complete product line of Cisco firewalls: the PIX and ASA Security Appliance families, the Catalyst Firewall Services Module (FWSM), and the Cisco IOS firewall. Of the many sources of information and documentation about Cisco firewalls, very few provide a quick and portable solution for networking professionals.

This book is designed to provide a quick and easy reference guide for all the features that can be configured on any Cisco firewall, not just the PIX. In essence, an entire bookshelf of firewall documentation, along with other networking reference material, has been “squashed” into one handy volume that you can take with you.

This book covers only the features that can be used for stateful traffic ...