Cisco ASA to Juniper SRX Site to Site VPN

KB ID 0000710 Problem You want to establish a site to site VPN from a site with a Cisco ASA firewall, to another site running a Juniper SRX firewall. I had to do this this week, and struggled to find any good information to help. In the example below I’m configuring the whole thing from a laptop (172.16.254.206) that’s on the Juniper’s site. Use the diagram below, and substitute your own IP addresses and subnet...

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Cisco ASA – Enrolling for Certificates with NDES
Nov17

Cisco ASA – Enrolling for Certificates with NDES

KB ID 0000948 Problem To get your ASA 5500 firewall to enroll, and obtain a certificate from a Windows Server running NDES, this is the procedure you need to follow. Solution When dealing with certificates, it’s important that your firewall is maintaining the correct time. You can set this manually, but I’d recommend setting up NTP. Cisco ASA – Configuring for NTP 1. Make sure the firewall can contact the NDES...

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iPhone and iPad – Configure the Cisco VPN Client
Nov17

iPhone and iPad – Configure the Cisco VPN Client

KB ID 0000360 Problem You have already configured a Cisco ASA / PIX device to provide Client VPN connectivity, and you now wish to configure the iPhone/iPad Device. Solution Note: The screen shots are taken from an iPhone running (4.2.1) the process for iPad is the same. 1. Select Settings. 2. Select General. 3. Select Network. 4. Scroll to the bottom of the page and select VPN. 5. Add VPN Configuration. 6. Select IPSec. 7....

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Windows 10 – Running the Cisco VPN Client Software
Nov17

Windows 10 – Running the Cisco VPN Client Software

KB ID 0001097  Problem OK, firstly why are you still using the IPSEC VPN client? It’s not only gone ‘End-of-life’, it went end of support in July 2014. {That’s my Cisco Partner bit done}. So you have an old IPSEC Remote VPN solution and can’t afford an upgrade to AnyConnect? Now your shiny Windows 10 machines are complaining when you try and install the VPN client software. Error 27850. Unable to manage...

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Download Cisco VPN Client Software
Nov17

Download Cisco VPN Client Software

KB ID 0001098  Problem The Cisco VPN client software (CVPN-CL-IPSEC-ALL) is no longer available from Cisco. Milestone Definition Date End-of-Llfe Announcement Date The date the document that announces the end of sale and end of life of a product is distributed to the general public. July 29, 2011 End-of-Availability Date The last date to download the product from Cisco.com. The product is no longer for download after this date. July...

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