Cisco ASA – Using ‘logging’ to see what ports are being blocked
Nov17

Cisco ASA – Using ‘logging’ to see what ports are being blocked

KB ID 0000702  Problem If you look after a firewall, sooner or later something will fail, and the blame (rightly or wrongly), will be leveled at the firewall. I came back from holiday this week to find a client had got a problem with secure POP email. The problem had been fixed (temporarily) by dropping the affected users into a group, and opening all ports. As this had fixed the problem then it’s fair to say that the ASA was...

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Cisco ASA – ‘Prove it’s Not The Firewall!’
Nov17

Cisco ASA – ‘Prove it’s Not The Firewall!’

KB ID 0001049  Problem Yeah, it’s funny because it’s true! The article title might not sound like the most professional approach, but when the ‘Well it’s not working now’ finger gets pointed at the ‘firewall guy/girl’, they need to ascertain two things; 1. Is the problem actually the firewall, if not then help the frustrated party track down the actual problem. 2. If your problem IS the...

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