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Cisco® Secure Internet Security Solutions
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Cisco® Secure Internet Security Solutions

by Mark Newcomb, Andrew Mason
May 2001
Intermediate to advanced
528 pages
12h 59m
English
Cisco Press
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How Context-Based Access Control (CBAC) Works

Context-based Access Control (CBAC) was designed for use with multiple port protocols that are unable to be processed with reflexive access lists. Since standard and extended access lists work at the network (Layer 3) or transport (Layer 4) layers of the OSI model, their ability to work with some applications is limited. CBAC loosens these limitations by filtering packets based on the application (Layer 7) layer of the OSI model. Version 11.2 of the firewall feature set IOS includes CBAC for 1600 and 2500 series routers. IOS Version 12.0 expands the covered routers to include 1700, 2600, and 3600 series routers.

The major additional features enabled through the use of CBAC are as follows:

  • Application-layer ...

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