Understanding the Eight Base Commands on a Cisco ASA Security Appliance

Posted on April 24, 2008 - Filed Under Computers | Leave a Comment

In this brief article, speaker and veteran I.T. guy Don R. Crawley explains the eight basic commands needed to enable basic firewall functionality on a Cisco ASA Security Appliance.

Copyright (c) 2008 Don R. Crawley

There are literally thousands of commands and sub-commands available to configure a Cisco security appliance. As you gain knowledge of the appliance, you will use more and more of the commands. Initially, however, there are just a few commands required to configure basic functionality on the appliance. Basic functionality is defined as allowing inside hosts to access outside hosts, but not allowing outside hosts to access the inside hosts. Additionally, management must be allowed from at least one inside host. Here are eight basic commands:

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Cisco CCNA And CCNP Practice Questions: Static Routing, EIGRP, And More!

Posted on April 19, 2008 - Filed Under Computers | Leave a Comment

Test your knowledge of static routing, EIGRP, and other vital Cisco CCNA and CCNP exam topics!

Let’s test your knowledge of static routes, EIGRP, wildcard masks, and other important Cisco exam topics!

CCENT Certification:

What command creates a default static route that uses the local router’s serial0 interface as the exit interface?

Answer: ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 serial0

CCNA Certification:

Which of the following wildcard masks or words would be used in an ACL line that should match one and only one IP address?

A. any

B. host

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