Cisco ASA Firewall Fundamentals, 3rd Edition

233 Pages·2014·7.32 MB·English

by  Harris Andrea

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CISCO® ASA FIREWALL FUNDAMENTALS

3RD EDITION

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW TO CONFIGURE AND IMPLEMENT

THE BEST FIREWALL IN THE MARKET

WRITTEN BY: HARRIS ANDREA

MSC ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE

CISCO CERTIFIED NETWORK ASSOCIATE (CCNA)

CISCO CERTIFIED NETWORK PROFESSIONAL (CCNP)

CISCO CERTIFIED SECURITY PROFESSIONAL (CCSP)

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About the Author:

Harris Andrea is a Senior Network Security Engineer working for a leading Internet Service

Provider in Europe. He graduated from the University of Kansas USA in 1998 with a B.S and M.S

degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Since then, he has been working in the

Networking field, designing, implementing and managing large scale networking projects with

Cisco products and technologies. His main focus is on Network Security based on Cisco PIX/ASA

Firewalls, Firewall Service Modules (FWSM) on 6500/7600 models, VPN products, IDS/IPS

products, AAA services etc. To support his knowledge and to build a strong professional standing,

Harris pursued and earned several Cisco Certifications such as CCNA, CCNP, and CCSP. He is also a

technology blogger owing a networking blog about Cisco technologies which you can visit for extra

technical information and tutorials.

http://www.networkstraining.com

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Introduction:

Thank you for purchasing this technical eBook about configuring Cisco ASA Firewalls. I firmly

believe that you have made an important step towards your career in network security, which is a

fast developing and exciting field in the networking area.

Information Security threats are on the rise, and although several products and technologies have

been developed to mitigate these threats, the long-proven and trusted hardware firewall is still the

heart of security for any network. Firewall administrators and designers are therefore in high

demand. Cisco has a large market share in the hardware firewall market, so by learning to configure

and implement one of the best firewall appliances you are guaranteed a successful career in this

field.

This eBook is the result of my working experience with the Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance

(ASA), and summarizes the most important features and most frequent configuration scenarios that

a security engineer will encounter most of the times. I have tried to “squeeze” the vast volume of

information about Cisco ASA firewalls into a handy, directly applicable handbook that will get you

on track right away. You can use this eBook in conjunction with other documentation resources or

as a reference guide for the most common configuration concepts of the Cisco ASA Firewall.

This Third Edition of the book is completely updated to cover the latest ASA version 9.x. All

configuration commands, features etc will work on the newest ASA 9.x (in addition to older 8.x

versions) and also on the newest ASA 5500-X models. This updated book Edition includes also

extensive new content, making it one of the most complete ASA books available in the market. I

believe that the Third Edition ebook will be a valuable resource for both beginners and experienced

ASA professionals.

For any questions that you may have or clarifications about the information presented in this

eBook, please contact me at: