Overview
Main description
A hands-on guide to implementing Cisco ASA (Adaptive Security Appliance)
The Cisco ASA product replaces Cisco PIX Firewalls, and Cisco expert Richard Deal updates his bestselling book, Cisco PIX Firewalls, to cover ASA. This book shows you how to configure and maintain a Cisco ASA appliance to control traffic in the corporate network and protect the network from internal and external threats and attacks.
Cisco ASA Configuration covers the latest features available in versions 8.0 and 8.1, and includes detailed examples of complex configurations and troubleshooting. Implement and manage this powerful multifunction network adaptive security appliance with help from this expert guide.
Table of contents
Part I: Introduction to Firewalls and the ASAs
Chapter 1: Firewall Basics
Chapter 2: ASA Product FamilyPart II: ASA Basic Configuration Tasks
Chapter 3: CLI Basics
Chapter 4: Basic ASA Configuration
Chapter 5: Routing and MulticastingPart III: Controlling Traffic Through the ASA
Chapter 6: Address Translation
Chapter 7: Access Control
Chapter 8: Web Content
Chapter 9: Cut-Through Proxy
Chapter 10: IPv6Part IV: Policy Implementation
Chapter 11: Modular Policy Framework
Chapter 12: Protocols and Policies
Chapter 13: Data Applications and Policies
Chapter 14: Voice and Policies
Chapter 15: Multimedia and PoliciesPart V: VPNs
Chapter 16: ASA as a Certificate Authority
Chapter 17: IPSec Site-to-Site
Chapter 18: IPSec Remote Access Server
Chapter 19: IPSec Remote Access Client
Chapter 20: SSL VPNs: Clientless
Chapter 21: SSL VPNs: AnyConnect ClientPart VI: Advanced Features of the ASA
Chapter 22: Transparent Firewall
Chapter 23: Contexts
Chapter 24: Failover
Chapter 25: Network Attack Prevention
Chapter 26: SSM CardsPart VII: Management of the ASA
Chapter 27: Basic Management
Chapter 28: ASDM
Author comments
Richard Deal, CCNA, CCNP, CCDA, CCDP is a certified Cisco instructor, a Cisco certification test writer, consultant, and trainer. He is the author of Cisco PIX Firewalls and CCNA Cisco Certified Network Associate Study Guide
