Backup and Restore a Cisco Firewall.
Nov17

Backup and Restore a Cisco Firewall.

KB ID 0000076 Problem There are many different versions of PIX and ASA Firewalls. So, if you want to get a backup of the configuration and save it elsewhere,  (so in the event of a failure, (or more likely someone tinkering and breaking the firewall)). you will be able to recall and restore that configuration. By far the easiest method is to use a TFTP server – and it works on ALL versions, so learn it once and use it many...

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Installing Cisco ASDM Fails with ‘Java Runtime Environment is not installed’, ASDM on windows 8
Nov17

Installing Cisco ASDM Fails with ‘Java Runtime Environment is not installed’, ASDM on windows 8

KB ID 0000673  Problem While moving to Windows 8, I had a problem installing the Cisco ASDM software. Cisco ASDM-IDM Launcher Information Java Runtime Environment is not installed on this machine. Please install Java Runtime Environment from http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/ Solution I was sure I HAD installed Java, I headed here to make sure. It turns out that the ASDM needs the 32 bit version of Java AS WELL. Download and...

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Cisco ASA – Java RDP Error – Connection Exception Wrong modulus size! Expected64 +8got:264
Nov17

Cisco ASA – Java RDP Error – Connection Exception Wrong modulus size! Expected64 +8got:264

KB ID 0000452 Problem Seen while attempting to connect to to a Windows machine via the RDP plug in on a Cisco ASA firewall. Error: properJavaRDP error Connection Exception Wrong modulus size! Expected64 +8got:264 Solution 1. I’ve seen some posts indicating that this can be caused by the version of Java that’s installed, however in my case that was NOT the problem. 2. Connect to the ASDM of the ASA firewall >...

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Cisco ASA ASDM – Packet Tracer Wont Work
Nov17

Cisco ASA ASDM – Packet Tracer Wont Work

KB ID 0001051  Problem I don’t usually use the graphical packet tracer tool, but I did this week, and this happened; Following error(s) occurred- packet-tracer input inside {protocol} inline-tag -l {source} {source port} {target} {target port} xml %Invalid input detected at ‘^’ marker Solution Well from CLI it worked fine, so I’m guessing it’s a fault in the ASDM. An Internet/forum search threw up a load...

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Google Chrome – Can’t Open jnlp (Java) files
Nov17

Google Chrome – Can’t Open jnlp (Java) files

KB ID 0000354 Problem It’s annoying but for some reason Google Chrome simply downloads .jnlp files rather than opening and launching the Java applications. You would think that associating .jnlp files so that they open in Chrome would fix the problem, but it does not. Solution 1. Go to the link that you are trying to launch the Java application from, and Chrome will download it, as before. 2. By default Chrome will list the...

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