The Cisco 7600 router is in my opinion one of the most versatile High End routing machines on the planet!! It is one of my favorite networking devices. If you take a look at Cisco website under the Routers Product Category, you will notice that the 7600 can be used in Data Centers, in Service […]
Archives for March 2010
Configure Cisco ASA 5505 to allow Remote Desktop access from Internet
A very popular scenario for small networks is to have a Cisco ASA 5505 as border firewall connecting the LAN to the Internet. Administrators in such networks are usually encountered with requests from their users that are not very security conscious. Such a request could be to allow Remote Desktop (RDP) access from the Internet […]
Cisco ASA version 8.3 is here
On March 8, 2010 Cisco announced the newest Cisco ASA 5500 firewall software version 8.3. This is a release with the most radical changes compared to the previous releases since version 7.x. The most important change regarding configuration is the way Network Address Translation (NAT) is implemented. Also, another big change regarding hardware is that […]
Comparison Between Cisco ASA WebVPN Technologies
Cisco ASA supports two major WebVPN modes: Clientless WebVPN and Anyconnect WebVPN. Let’s see the differences between the two WebVPN modes and I’m sure you will understand why the AnyConnect mode is much better in my opinion. Clientless WebVPN does not require any VPN client to be installed on user’s computer. It uses a normal […]
Overview of Cisco ASA VPN Technologies and Types
Cisco supports several types of VPN implementations on the ASA but they are generally categorized as either “IPSec Based VPNs” or “SSL Based VPNs“. The first category uses the IPSec protocol for secure communications while the second category uses SSL. SSL Based VPNs are also called WebVPN in Cisco terminology. The two general VPN categories […]
Cisco Aggregation Services Router 9000-ASR 9000
The ASR 9000 has 6 times more capacity and is 4 times faster than any other router in the same category. It is able to transmit data at a rate of 6.4 terabits per second. What does this mean? It means that it is capable of transmitting 200 dvd video / sec or 250.000 mp3s […]