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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Securing Network Device Access With Cisco ACS  (and Active Directory)
Nov17

Securing Network Device Access With Cisco ACS (and Active Directory)

KB ID 0000942 Problem For network identification I have tended to use RADIUS (in a Windows NPS or IAS flavour), in the past. I turned my back on Cisco TACACS+ back in my ‘Studying for CCNA’ days, because back then it was clunky and awful. I have a client that will be installing ACS in the near future, so I thought I would take a look at it again, and was surprised at how much more polished it is. As Cisco plans to roll ACS...

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