Cisco AnyConnect – Adding Multiple VPN Devices to the Client
KB ID 0001011 Problem If you connect to a lot of different firewalls, then constantly having to change the address you are going to can be a pain. Particularly if some clients don’t have a host name for their device, and you can’t remember everyone’s IP addresses. Solution I do this slightly different to most other people, I create a connection file for every endpoint I want to go to, because a) I can transfer them...
AnyConnect Error: ‘The AnyConnect package on the secure gateway could not be located’
KB ID 0000406 Problem While attempting to connect to a Cisco firewall with a Linux client (In my case Ubuntu 10.10,) using AnyConnect you see the following error. Or on MAC OSX Error: Cisco AnyConnect VPN Client The AnyConnect package on the secure gateway could not be located. You may be experiencing network connectivity issues. Please try connecting again. Note: You may also see this error on a Mac OSX, or a Windows CE machine....
Why Securing Your VPN Solution With Computer Certificates ‘Only’ Is A BAD Idea
KB ID 0001055 Problem After a large AnyConnect 4 roll-out, I had the following conversation with a client; Client: Can we change the way the clients authenticate? Me: Yes, no problem what do you need? Client: Well instead of user based certificate authentication, we want to use computer certificates only. Me: Really why? Client: So when we roll out a lot of imaged new machines we don’t need to get the users to log onto them and...
Backup and Restore a Cisco Firewall.
KB ID 0000076 Problem There are many different versions of PIX and ASA Firewalls. So, if you want to get a backup of the configuration and save it elsewhere, (so in the event of a failure, (or more likely someone tinkering and breaking the firewall)). you will be able to recall and restore that configuration. By far the easiest method is to use a TFTP server – and it works on ALL versions, so learn it once and use it many...
Cisco Firewall VPN “Hair Pinning” Note: Cisco refer to this as a “Spoke to Spoke VPN”
KB ID 0000040 Problem You have multiple sites protected by Cisco Firewalls, you establish a remote connection VPN to one of your sites, but cannot get to the others. Solution Normally your remote workers will establish a VPN, with a VPN client (though this principle will also work for remote users with a hardware firewall). In this example we will stick with a remote client using VPN Client software (either using an IPSEC version 3...