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Cisco ASA Firewall Fundamentals 3rd Edition

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Today I have officially launched my new ebook “Cisco ASA Firewall Fundamentals – 3rd Edition” which is probably the most updated and practical Cisco ASA tutorial out there. It covers the newest ASA version 9.x (plus older versions as well) and all content in the book is applicable for both ASA 5500 and 5500-X series.

I wrote the original First Edition of “Cisco ASA Firewall Fundamentals” in 2008. Since then, I have been updating and enhancing the ebook with all new developments and features that Cisco adds to the ASA product line.

This Third Edition of the book is completely updated to cover the latest ASA version 9.x. All configuration commands, features etc will work on the newest ASA 9.x (in addition to older 8.x versions) and also on the newest ASA 5500-X models. This updated book Edition includes also extensive new content, making it one of the most complete ASA books available in the market. I believe that the Third Edition ebook will be a valuable resource for both beginners and experienced ASA professionals.

This ebook (PDF Format) is filled with raw practical concepts, step-by-step configuration tutorials, more than 50 colorful network diagrams to explain the scenarios, Complete Configuration Examples, real-world cases that you will not find anywhere else etc. There is no fluff or redundant information.

Some of the new topics added in the book include:

  • Basic, Advanced, and Scanning Threat Detection
  • IKEv2 IPSEC VPN (site-to-site)
  • IKEv2 Remote Access VPN (Using Anyconnect Secure Mobility Client)
  • Anyconnect SSL VPN using Self-Signed ASA Certificate
  • Anyconnect SSL VPN using Certificates from the Local CA on ASA for Certificate Based Authentication together with username/password (two factor)
  • Anyconnect SSL VPN using 3rd Party CA Certificates.
  • Per-Session PAT and multi-session PAT for version 9.x
  • Access Control List (ACL ) changes introduced in ASA v9.x
  • Time-based ACLs
  • Master Passphrase Configuration.
  • Identity Firewall Configuration (ASA configuration, AD Agent Configuration etc).
  • IPv6 Routing (static IPv6, OSPFv3 for IPv6)
  • Quality of Service Configuration (Traffic Policing, Traffic Shaping, Priority Queuing)
  • Cisco ASA 5505 chapter (hardware, license, configuration)
  • etc

Those are the additional topics added in 3rd Edition. The rest of the book covers much more content which comprise the most important features and configurations that you will encounter in Cisco ASA firewalls.

I believe that this ASA Configuration Guide will be a valuable resource for any Cisco Professional for years to come. Again, keep in mind that by purchasing this ebook you will be getting huge discounts of the future updated editions of the book that I will be publishing. Just make sure to subscribe to my “Customers’ email list” (at the download page after purchasing the book) in order to be eligible for the discounts.

GET “CISCO ASA FIREWALL FUNDAMENTALS 3RD EDITION” HERE

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About Harris Andrea

Harris Andrea is an Engineer with more than two decades of professional experience in the fields of TCP/IP Networks, Information Security and I.T. Over the years he has acquired several professional certifications such as CCNA, CCNP, CEH, ECSA etc.

He is a self-published author of two books ("Cisco ASA Firewall Fundamentals" and "Cisco VPN Configuration Guide") which are available at Amazon and on this website as well.

Comments

  1. Adnan says

    Hi Harris,
    I just bought the bundle and going through with it and its really nice and simple. I would like to know if i can have any example for Site-to -Site tunnel with 2 ASAs each with 1 ISP, also the important part is we are getting /24 subnet from one of the ISP so we will make it primary and the second connection would be secondary but the /24 would also advertise from secondary ISP as I know we need to talk to the ISPs regards to that.
    Is it somehting I can have a sample or clue so i can start work on it.
    Thanks
    Adnan

  2. Harris Andrea says

    Hi Adnan,

    Can you please clarify your network scenario a little bit? You say you have 2 sites with an ASA firewall on each site and want to create a site-to-site VPN? Please explain your network a little better.

    Thanks

    Harris

  3. Crispin Nsavula says

    Hi Harris,
    I want to buy the bundle, can you share the link so that I process please?

    Regards,
    Crispin

  5. Cris says

    Hi Harris,

    I have purchased the 2nd edition in the past and thank you for that – was wondering if I wish to benefit from the 3rd edition, do I need to re-purchase it again?

    Thanks and greatly appreciated,
    Cris

  6. Harris Andrea says

    Cris,

    From my records, you have purchased already the new 3rd edition book (in the bundle package) so you don’t need to purchase again.

    For old customers who had the 2nd edition, I offer a discount of course.

  7. salim says

    Hi Harris,

    I’ve just bought your Cisco ASA fundamentals book from Amazon. The explanation is clear and apparenlty the book covers everything you might need to have a firewall up and running. From the book I also knew about this blog which has lot of useful information.

    The only thing I wanted to mention is the quality of the book. When referring to diagrams your presume that they are colourful which is not the case. For instance you say “the red arrow on the diagram represents the flow of the traffic”. But all the arrows as well as other icons are just black and white.

    Colourful diagrams would be much more easy to follow.

    I hate to sound grumbling but for the price of 40$ (incl. taxes) I would expect something more qualitative.

    Another disappointment is that for the almost same price I could have bought the bundle of all books on this website instead of just one on Amazon. But no one to blame here. C’est la vie.

    Anyway, thanks for your contribution to my knowledge and good luck.

    Good luck.

    P.S. sorry for my poor English.

  8. Harris Andrea says

    Thanks a lot Salim for your valuable feedback and comments. Yes, there might be some instances in the hard copy book where I’m referring to “colors” which are only visible if you buy the ebook version on this website. However, I believe that this “glitch” does not subtract from the value of the book. Regarding price, it is within the average price-range of the market for such highly technical books.

    Have a great day and thanks for being my customer.

    Harris

  9. Osama M. Ahmed says

    Hi Harris,

    I am one of your old customers and I have 2nd edition.

    Do you offer special discount or coupon if I purchase 3rd edition.

    Thank you
    Osama

  11. ABHISHEK says

    Hello Harris,

    I had used 2nd edition of ASA firewall and is wonderful. Thanks for it. I have lots of doubt about the ASA firewall and now im clear after reading 2nd edition book.Now i want use 3rd edition .Is there any difference ? And what is the difference to buy from Amazon and your website. Which is good bocz price is almost same. Please suggest.

    abhishek (india)

  12. Harris Andrea says

    There are a lot of differences between 2nd and 3rd edition. Lots of new content on the 3rd edition.

    The Amazon book and the ebook from my website have exactly the same content. It depends if you want to study from hard copy book or from your computer.

  13. ABHISHEK says

    K thanks team.But can i do print from your ebook.So that it confortable for me to study.

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