The Accidental Administrator: Cisco ASA Security Appliance: Configuring and Managing the Cisco ASA Security Appliance

A clearly written, easy-to-follow step-by-step guide to configuring and managing the Cisco ASA Security Appliance. This book takes you from initial installation and setup, through backups and restores, to remote administration, to creating VPNs and DMZs, and more. You'll work in both the graphical user interface using the Cisco Adaptive Security Device Manager (ASDM) and in the command line interface. There are plenty of graphics and example configurations to guide you through setting up your ASA. Table of Contents Chapter One: Understanding Firewall Fundamentals Chapter Two: Backing Up and Restoring Configurations and Software Images Chapter Three: Sending Logging Output to a Syslog Server Chapter Four: Remote Management Options Chapter Five: Logon Banners and Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting Chapter Six: Configuring the Appliance as a DHCP Server Chapter Seven: Access Control Lists Chapter Eight: Virtual Private Networking (VPNs) Chapter Nine: De-Militarized Zones (DMZs) Chapter Ten: Filtering Content Chapter Eleven: Configuring Transparent Mode This book is based on the ASA 5505, but is applicable to other models of the ASA Security Appliance.