Cisco PIX 500 – IPSEC Site to Site VPNs (v6)
Nov17

Cisco PIX 500 – IPSEC Site to Site VPNs (v6)

KB ID 0000611  Problem Note: This is for firewalls running an operating system BEFORE version 7, if you have an PIX running version 7 or above go here instead. I’ll run though he commands first and then the configuration from PDM at the end. Solution PIX 500: Configure a site to site VPN from command line 1. Connect to the PIX, go to “enable mode”, then to “Configure terminal mode” User Access...

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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...

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