FTD registration with FMC
If using the Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC) to manage sensors such as the FTD, secure communication must be established between the FMC and the FTD. A registration key is…
Securing FTD TLS Ciphers
When using a Cisco FTD firewall for SSL/TLS Remote Access VPN, the appliance is enabled by default with TLS versions 1.0, 1.1 and 1.2. TLS versions 1.0 and 1.1 are…
ASA Interface High Availability
The Cisco ASA software image running on either Firepower or ASA hardware supports interface high availability using PortChannel/Etherchannel and Redundant interfaces. This post covers describes both solutions and provides information…
ASA Transparent Mode
The Cisco ASA software supports two firewall modes, routed and transparent. A transparent firewall is a layer 2 firewall that acts like a stealth firewall and is not seen as…
ASA Service Policies
The Cisco ASA firewall, Service Policies use the Modular Policy Framework (MPF) to provide a flexible way to configure ASA features, such as connection settings, inspection, QoS, redirection to service…
ASA TCP Intercept
An attacker can launch a DOS attack by flooding a host with thousands of TCP SYN packets, the source address would be spoofed with no way for the host server…