1

Introduction

• Firewall technologies and characteristics.
• Introduction to firewalls. Terminology and features.
• Examples of architectures. The ASA product line.
• Setting up an ASA. The user interface. Configuring the firewall.
• NTP settings. ASA security levels.
• Syslog configuration.

2

Address translation and connections

• Dynamic NAT, static PAT and NAT.
• The TCP Intercept function.
• Connections, port redirects.
• DMZ configuration.

3

ACL and Content Filtering

• Overview of the ACLs.
• Configuration of the ACLs.
• Filtering malicious active code.
• URL filtering.
• Groups of objects.
• Overview of object groups. Usages.
• Configuring object groups.

4

AAA configuration

• Overview of Cisco Secure ACS.
• Installing Cisco Secure ACS.
• Configuring authentication and authorization.
• Downloading ACLs.
• Troubleshooting AAA.

5

Routing and switching

• Reminders about VLANs.
• Features supported.
• Static and dynamic routing.
• Multicasting.

6

VPN

• Setting up VPNs.
• Configuring IPSec.
• The Cisco VPN client.
• Configuring remote access with Easy VPN.
• Configuring the Easy VPN server.
• Characteristics of remote Easy VPN.
• Overview and configuration of the client.
• Overview and configuration of WebVPN.

7

Transparent firewall

• Transparent vs. Routed firewall.
• Unsupported features.
• Configuring IP addresses, ACLs, and ARP.
• Maintenance and troubleshooting.

8

Failover

• Overview of Failover modes. Configuring Failover and LAN Failover. Setting up Failover.
• Configuring Failover.
• Configuring LAN Failover.
• Setting up Failover in Active/Active mode.

9

Cisco Security Appliance Device Manager

• Using ASDM to configure ASA.
• Creating a site-to-site VPN and VPN remote access.

10

Maintenance

• Access configuration.
• Levels of privileges.
• Password Recovery.
• Managing the iOS.
• Configuration management.
• License management.