This article describes the user interface and access modes and commands associated with the operation of Cisco ASA 5500 firewall appliances. We assume that you know how to connect to the appliance using a console cable (the blue flat cable with RJ-45 on one end, and DB-9 Serial on the other end) and a Terminal Emulation software (e.g HyperTerminal), and how to use basic Command Line Interface.
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Cisco ASA 5500 Firewall Configuration – User Interface and Access Modes
Saturday, July 25th, 2009
Security Engineer’s Dream Product a Reality Now With Full Visibility of Your IT Infrastructure
Friday, July 24th, 2009Tim Peterson (not his real name), an IT Security Engineer with one of the largest oil companies in the Middle East, is very frustrated these days. His chief concern is the complexity in manual collection and correlation of security data for incident identification and remediation. He spends hours querying and writing scripts to collect and compile data after a security incident. For further forensics and root cause analysis of the security incident his team takes days.
Missing Video Device Driver – 3 Troubleshooting Tips
Thursday, July 23rd, 2009Many of us have had this problem and it is really one of the most common problems in the world of computing. The infamous black screen on the computer is one of the most hated sights in the history of the desktop computer, and it leads to plenty of frustration because there could be a whole host of problems associated with it.
Are Netbooks the Real Deal?
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009A new genre of sub-notebook computers has become popular in the last year, but are these new computers capable of doing all the tasks that we normally use laptops for? This article provides the answer.
Login to User’s Oracle Account Without Password
Tuesday, July 21st, 2009ALTER USER command might be known to most of us. But it would be interesting to know that oracle provides an undocumented “identified by values” clause in this command. This clause can be very useful for DBA’s in some cases.
