Chapter 2: Securing Networks with Cisco’s Adaptive Security Appliance
In This Chapter
Locating firewalls in the OSI network model
Getting a grasp on the IOS
Connecting to the ASA
Setting up your firewall and user accounts
Applying a base configuration to the ASA
Setting up a DHCP server
Viewing licensing information
In this chapter, I introduce you to the world of firewalls via Cisco’s Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA). Specifically, I show the configuration of the Cisco ASA 5505, but this configuration could easily apply to any of the ASA products in Cisco’s product line. I show you how to configure the ASA using either the command line or the Adaptive Security Device Manager (ASDM). You see how to run a basic setup of this device and how to change many of the settings after setup ...
