Update Cisco ASA – Directly from Cisco (via ASDM)
KB ID 0000636 Problem Warning: Before upgrading/updating the ASA to version 8.3 (or Higher) Check to see if you have the correct amount of RAM in the firewall (“show version” command will tell you). This is VERYIMPORTANT if your ASA was shipped before February 2010. See the link below for more information. ASA – Memory Error (Post upgrade to version 8.3) Warning 2: Be aware, if you are upgrading to an OS of...
Cisco ASA 5500 – Throttling (Rate Limiting) Traffic
KB ID 0001001 Problem If you have one client that’s taking all your bandwidth, or a server that’s getting a lot of connections from external IP addresses, and that’s causing you performance problems, you can ‘throttle’ traffic from/to that client by ‘policing’ its traffic. Solution To demonstrate, I have a 30Mb connection at home, when I run a test on the download connection speed from my...
Installing the BackTrack Linux VMware Virtual Machine
KB ID 0000631 Problem I’m fortunate enough that VMware gave me a free copy of VMware Workstation, but there’s nothing to stop you carrying out this procedure with the FREE VMware player. BackTrack Linux is an operating system that is primarily used for security auditing, and penetration testing. I’m going to be playing with it a bit in the coming weeks, so I thought I’d at least document how to get it running....