Comments on: Cisco ASA: All-in-One Firewall, IPS, and VPN Adaptive Security Appliance http://www.securitt.com/cisco-asa-all-in-one-firewall-ips-and-vpn-adaptive-security-appliance Internet Security Consultant Services of West Virginia Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:18:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Michael Kowalski http://www.securitt.com/cisco-asa-all-in-one-firewall-ips-and-vpn-adaptive-security-appliance/comment-page-1#comment-1598 Michael Kowalski Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:13:06 +0000 http://www.securitt.com/cisco-asa-all-in-one-firewall-ips-and-vpn-adaptive-security-appliance#comment-1598 This book has been very helpful for me. The only issue that I ran into was that the VPN section was a little outdated. Rating: 4 / 5 This book has been very helpful for me. The only issue that I ran into was that the VPN section was a little outdated.
Rating: 4 / 5

]]> By: M. Forester http://www.securitt.com/cisco-asa-all-in-one-firewall-ips-and-vpn-adaptive-security-appliance/comment-page-1#comment-1597 M. Forester Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:02:24 +0000 http://www.securitt.com/cisco-asa-all-in-one-firewall-ips-and-vpn-adaptive-security-appliance#comment-1597 This book makes it very easy to learn how to program the ASA to do what you need. Rating: 5 / 5 This book makes it very easy to learn how to program the ASA to do what you need.
Rating: 5 / 5

]]> By: J Z http://www.securitt.com/cisco-asa-all-in-one-firewall-ips-and-vpn-adaptive-security-appliance/comment-page-1#comment-1596 J Z Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:40:11 +0000 http://www.securitt.com/cisco-asa-all-in-one-firewall-ips-and-vpn-adaptive-security-appliance#comment-1596 This book helped me a lot. I recently deployed over 250 ASAs and was running into a lot of problems with the IPS SSM and VPN features. I got most of my answers from this book. Rating: 5 / 5 This book helped me a lot. I recently deployed over 250 ASAs and was running into a lot of problems with the IPS SSM and VPN features. I got most of my answers from this book.
Rating: 5 / 5

]]> By: John Scully http://www.securitt.com/cisco-asa-all-in-one-firewall-ips-and-vpn-adaptive-security-appliance/comment-page-1#comment-1595 John Scully Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:09:22 +0000 http://www.securitt.com/cisco-asa-all-in-one-firewall-ips-and-vpn-adaptive-security-appliance#comment-1595 What a waste of time it was reading this book. If you are not very familiar with FW/IPS or VPN then this may be helpful, but if you have been working with this technology and Cisco's products that address these technologies (ASA, PIX, IPS, VPN3k) then please don't refer to this joke. Go online to cisco.com and do the research. Sometimes it felt as if whitepapers were copied and pasted. <br /> <br />Very dissapointed. Rating: 1 / 5 What a waste of time it was reading this book. If you are not very familiar with FW/IPS or VPN then this may be helpful, but if you have been working with this technology and Cisco’s products that address these technologies (ASA, PIX, IPS, VPN3k) then please don’t refer to this joke. Go online to cisco.com and do the research. Sometimes it felt as if whitepapers were copied and pasted.

Very dissapointed.
Rating: 1 / 5

]]> By: John Matlock http://www.securitt.com/cisco-asa-all-in-one-firewall-ips-and-vpn-adaptive-security-appliance/comment-page-1#comment-1594 John Matlock Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:51:38 +0000 http://www.securitt.com/cisco-asa-all-in-one-firewall-ips-and-vpn-adaptive-security-appliance#comment-1594 Computer security would be really easy IF. If the computer were in a room by itself, if it wasn't connected to a communications line, and if no one ever brought in a floppy disk or other media. Unfortunately that's not the real world. <br /> <br />In the real world, we set up web servers because we want the outside world to come to them and get information, send us credit card information and more. Now, all of a sudden you have a different set of problems, how to let in all the people you want, and make it easy for them to do what they need, but keep out the bad guys who have other motives. <br /> <br />The Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance or ASA is a single integrated box that provides about as close to perfect security as can be had in today's world. Being 'Adaptive' means that the system can change to provide security against new forms of attack. It also means that the system is not the simplest thing in the world to set up, nor can it simply be installed and then ignored forever. <br /> <br />This book begins with a general introduction to Network Security and what the bad guys are doing. It then discusses the various major functions of the ASA: Firewall, Intrusion Prevention System, and finally securing your Virtual Private Network. <br /> <br />Both of the authors are current Cisco employees with a great deal of experience in security. Rating: 5 / 5 Computer security would be really easy IF. If the computer were in a room by itself, if it wasn’t connected to a communications line, and if no one ever brought in a floppy disk or other media. Unfortunately that’s not the real world.

In the real world, we set up web servers because we want the outside world to come to them and get information, send us credit card information and more. Now, all of a sudden you have a different set of problems, how to let in all the people you want, and make it easy for them to do what they need, but keep out the bad guys who have other motives.

The Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance or ASA is a single integrated box that provides about as close to perfect security as can be had in today’s world. Being ‘Adaptive’ means that the system can change to provide security against new forms of attack. It also means that the system is not the simplest thing in the world to set up, nor can it simply be installed and then ignored forever.

This book begins with a general introduction to Network Security and what the bad guys are doing. It then discusses the various major functions of the ASA: Firewall, Intrusion Prevention System, and finally securing your Virtual Private Network.

Both of the authors are current Cisco employees with a great deal of experience in security.
Rating: 5 / 5

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