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Verifying DNS Lists - FMC

Sep 7, 2018 · 3 min read · Cisco Firepower firewall FMC Network NGFW ·

We are back with another post about Cisco's Firepower Management Center and this time we are working with the DNS list which if you have a protect license you can have your Firepower modules or your FTD (Firepower Threat Defense) devices look at DNS requests and deny the requests if they are malicious. These have to be …

Too Many TCP Resets

Jun 20, 2018 · 7 min read · Cisco firewall Internet Network Security TCP technology ·

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So, recently we enforced some firewall rules on a new environment, we did testing of the environment and everything was working as expected. In about 24 hours a lot of traffic from the web infrastructure was being denied and it continued, at first glance it looked like return traffic was being dropped, the web servers …

Cisco FTDv in Cisco VIRL

Jun 14, 2017 · 7 min read · Cisco Firepower firewall Network technology VIRL ·

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Cisco is actively pushing their Firepower Threat Defense software with the new Firepower 2100 units on their way this summer in effort to eventually replace the ASA5525-X, ASA5545-X and ASA5555-X platforms. When using FTD you must also have the Firepower Management Center (FMC) available to manage and configure these …

Factory Reset Firepower 4100 & 9300

Oct 19, 2016 · 4 min read · Cisco Firepower firewall technology Tutorials ·

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I got my hands on some Cisco Firepower 4100 units and after playing around with them I wanted to reset them to factory settings, essentially erase the "startup-config" on the FXOS. The Firepower units act a little differently than your normal Cisco IOS or ASA and you can't just erase startup-config and reload …

Basic Cisco ASA Overview

Jun 24, 2012 · 4 min read · ASA ASDM CCNA Security Cisco cisco Cisco ASA Cisco Systems Command-line interface firewall General networking security security appliances Tutorials Virtual private network ·

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Firewall The Cisco 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliances are of course an excellent firewall but the ASA also offers (depending on the model) other security services as well, like IPS systems, VPN, content security, unified communications and remote access. These ASA's can be used as a standalone appliance' that can …