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Securing my firewall (both dedicated and iptables-based) [closed]

I have an ASA-5510, but I also intend to maintain strict IP tables on my server (Ubuntu 12.04.2), so that there are two layers of "protection". My iptables look like this: *filter # Allows all ...
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find hardware and OS specs on routers

How do you determine the model and IOS version of a Cisco router, if you have its IP address remotely, but have no physical access. For example, I run nmap -sP and can see the router's IP, but all ...
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Tacacs+ scenario: can I permit user to configure only for one interface and deny others

I'm currently deploying TACACS+ with a Cisco device, I use a TACACS server from here: http://www.shrubbery.net/tac_plus/ My scenario is: I want to permit a user to configure my router but only for a ...
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Symbiote Counter-Attack Detection

I saw this video on YouTube about hacking Cisco phones (and other embedded systems) and I was overjoyed when the presenter not only hacked, but presented a security solution. Intrigued, I started ...
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1 PIX firewall, 2 routers, 2 switches. Please answer a couple questions about hack lab

I bought a bunch of cisco equipment for a project and I got 1 PIX firewall 2 switches and 2 routers This is my plan for a topology but I am new at this so I need help. I am basing this off the ...
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Using more multiple VPN client's to connect to the same CISCO ASA VPN client connection [closed]

I am currently using CISCO VPN client in a Read Hat Linux machine to connect to a CISCO ASA. I am planing to connect another LINUX maching to the same ASA using the CISCO VPN client. Does any ...
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I'm having a DDoS attack, my hosting company is stupid, and I need to know what is hapening

So ok, right now my windows 2003 dedicated server is under attack by some guy who's flooding UDP packets (~90.000 packets/sec) on my 100Mbps server for the last 8 hours. I'm on a shared port, so I'm ...
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How do Cisco devices identify routers?

Our network administrators forbid the usage of private routers in our college. They bought new Cisco equipment (routers, switches) which detect routers and automatically ban them (it disconnects the ...
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Cisco IOS question - password management, service password encryption types

I'm university student studying for my certification exam, and I was doing some reviewing today when I found a question that I can't find an answer to. Basically, in the CCNA3 2.4.1 Cisco Netacademy ...
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Cisco ASA Default Route Issue

We have a test environment which mimics our enterprise network security design. In this test environment my team and I would like to bypass our DMZ entirely. This seems easily enough done by simply ...
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Automated tools for Cisco IOS config auditing?

Are there any automated tools for auditing config files exported from Cisco IOS devices? Free/Open Source is always nice, but anything that does the job would be of interest.
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I'm using a Cisco ASA as a VPN endpoint. Where do the VPN clients get firewalled?

(Is this too application specific? It seems like a reasonable question that would be useful to other people...) So, I've got this ASA in front of a network that I didn't set up. It's been ...
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Cisco ASA Security Contexts: Any Real World Installs?

We are looking at deploying a Cisco ASA 5520-I am looking at the security contexts feature, and was wondering if anyone has deployed their ASA in this way, and how it is working out for them. Have ...