Access Control and Advanced Protocol Handling


Overview/Description
To configure PIX Firewall access control and filtering and describe object grouping and advanced protocol handling

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:

Access Control and Advanced Protocol Handling

  • identify how to configure access control through the Cisco Secure PIX Firewall using an access control list (ACL).
  • configure the NAT 0, ACLs, and Turbo ACLs.
  • identify how to configure active code and URL filtering.
  • identify the commands used to configure inbound and outbound ACLs and URL and active code filtering.
  • identify how to configure object groups on the PIX Firewall.
  • identify how to configure, apply and manage nested object groups.
  • identify the commands used to configure service, ICMP-type, and nested server object groups and create an inbound ACL and test its functionality.
  • identify the protocol and application driven features of a good firewall and the functions and features of the fixup protocol command.
  • identify the commands used by the PIX Firewall for handling FTP, RSH, and SQL*Net traffic.
  • identify how PIX Firewall supports multimedia applications and RTSP.
  • identify how PIX Firewall supports H.323, call handling, and VoIP call signaling.
  • configure and test advanced FTP protocol handling on the Cisco PIX Firewall.

  • Course Number: 208646_eng