Cisco Firewall Port Forwarding
KB ID 0000077 Problem Note: This is for Cisco ASA 5500, 5500-x, and Cisco Firepower devices running ASA Code. Note2: If your firewall is running a version older than 8.3 you will need to scroll down the page. Port forwarding on Cisco firewalls can be a little difficult to get your head around, to better understand what is going on remember in the “World of Cisco” you need to remember two things….. 1. NAT Means...
Cisco Firewalls and PING
KB ID 0000351 Problem With regards to Ping, out of the box a Cisco firewall will allow you to ping the interface you are connected to, so in a normal setup inside clients can ping the inside interface, and the firewalls outside interface can be pinged from outside. OK – to understand pinging through a Cisco Firewall you need to understand that Ping is part of the ICMP protocol suite, and unlike other protocols is not “connection...