Cisco ASA: All-in-One Firewall, IPS, Anti-X, and VPN Adaptive Security Appliance

For organizations of all sizes, the Cisco ASA product family offers powerful new tools for maximizing network security.Cisco ASA: All-in-One Firewall, IPS, Anti-X and VPN Adaptive Security Appliance, Second Edition, is Cisco's authoritative practitioner's guide to planning, deploying, managing, and troubleshooting security with Cisco ASA. Written by two leading Cisco security experts, this book presents each Cisco ASA solution in depth, offering comprehensive sample configurations, proven troubleshooting methodologies, and debugging examples. Readers will learn about the Cisco ASA Firewall solution and capabilities; secure configuration and troubleshooting of site-to-site and remote access VPNs; Intrusion Prevention System features built into Cisco ASA's Advanced Inspection and Prevention Security Services Module (AIP-SSM); and Anti-X features in the ASA Content Security and Control Security Services Module (CSC-SSM). This new edition has been updated with detailed information on the latest ASA models and features.

• Everything network professionals need to know to identify, mitigate, and respond to network attacks with Cisco ASA
• Includes detailed configuration examples, with screenshots and command line references
• Covers the ASA 8.2 release
• Presents complete troubleshooting methodologies and architectural references

Jazib Frahim CCIE # 5459, is Technical Leader in the Worldwide Security Services Practice of Cisco's Advanced Services for Network Security. He was previously Technical Lead for Cisco's TAC Security team, leading twenty engineers in resolving complicated security and VPN technologies. He is author of Cisco Network Admission Control, Volume II andCisco SSL VPN Solutions. Omar Santos Senior Network Security Engineer and Incident Manager at Cisco's Product Security Incident Response Team, has designed, implemented, and supported secure networks for Fortune 500 companies and the U.S. government, including the Marine Corps and DOD.