Getting Started with the Cisco PIX Firewall


Overview/Description
To describe the PIX Firewall access modes, initial configuration, status, and ASA security levels; set the PIX Firewall clock; and configure the PIX Firewall for Syslog message generation to monitor events

Target Audience
Enterprise network engineers; network system analysts; Cisco partners who sell, implement, and maintain Cisco PIX Firewalls on small, medium, and enterprise size networks; systems engineers who support the sales of Cisco PIX Firewalls

Prerequisites
Experience in configuring Cisco IOS software; certification as a CCNA or the equivalent knowledge; a basic knowledge of the Windows operating system; familiarity with the networking and security terms and concepts

Expected Duration
210 Minutes

Objectives:

Getting Started with the Cisco PIX Firewall

  • identify the methods for accessing the PIX Firewall and the initial setup dialog and commands.
  • identify the key processes in basic configuration management.
  • identify the ASA security levels.
  • identify the commands used to assign names and addresses to the perimeter interfaces.
  • identify the commands used for the configuration of address translation and static routes.
  • perform a basic configuration on a PIX Firewall in a given scenario.
  • Recall the general commands used to reset, reload, and establish a basic configuration for the PIX Firewall
  • identify the show commands used to examine the status of the PIX Firewall.
  • configure PIX Firewall interfaces and address translation.
  • recognize the methods of setting and synchronizing the PIX Firewall clock.
  • identify how to configure the PIX Firewall to send Syslog messages to its buffer and to a Syslog server.
  • recall the commands used to configure Syslog output and redirect Syslog output to a Syslog server.

  • Course Number: 208644_eng