VPN Problem Cisco PIX v6 to Cisco ASA 5500
KB ID 0000761 Problem I found this out purely by accident today, while replacing an old PIX 506E that had died with an ASA 5505. The client’s other site still had a PIX 506E (Running 6.3(5)). I was setting up the VPN, and noticed something that WOULD have been a problem if I had not spotted it. Solution Essentially the older PIX firewalls are set for 3DES encryption, MD5 Hashing and Diffie Hellman 2. After version 8.4 the ASA...
Cisco ASA Site to Site VPN’sSite to Site ISAKMP VPN (Main Mode)
KB ID 0000213 Problem As with most things, before you have a hope of fixing something, you will stand a better chance if you know how it works in the first place. Below is a quick run though of what’s happening with your site to site VPN’s and how they work. For the entire process we will have two Cisco ASA 5500 firewalls and a site to site VPN. Solution What’s an Initiator and a Responder? 1. Our Laptop 192.168.1.50...