Upgrade Cisco PIX 515E to Version 8.0(4)
and ASDM version 6.1(5) KB ID 0000424 Problem I had to update a Cisco PIX 515E last week, Cisco 500 firewalls are a bit thin on the ground these days, and most of my corporate clients have replaced then with Cisco ASA 5500 firewalls. So as these units are now getting retired, or moved to the test bench, or sold on ebay. I thought I’d document probably the last one I did for posterity, and to help anyone else out. Note: Cisco...
Cisco Firewall (ASA/PIX) – Granting Access to an FTP Server
KB ID 0000772 Problem If you have an FTP server, simply allowing the FTP traffic to it wont work. FTP (in both active and passive mode) uses some random high ports that would normally be blocked on the firewall. So by actively inspecting FTP the firewall will know what ports to open and close. Solution How you ‘allow’ access to the FTP server will depend on weather you have a public IP address spare or not, if you only...