Cisco ASA

Nov 22 2009   12:13PM GMT

Do you know Apple iPhone Supports Cisco VPN Client?

Posted by: Yasir Irfan
Cisco VPN Client, iPhone VPN, Cisco ASA, VPN tunnel, Iphone supports Cisco VPN Cleitn, iPhone software, Cisco ASA Firewall, Cisco PIX firewall, IOS, Cisco Routers, VPN 3000, wi-fi, iPhone VPN Client, Cisco Tips, Certificate, CRYPTOCard, RSA SecurID, password, L2TP, PPTP, IPsec, Apple iPhone, Apple

Do you know iPhone supports the Cisco VPN Client?, yes both the iPhone Software versions 2.x and 3.x supports L2TP, PPTP and IPsec type of remote access VPN connectivity.  The IPSec option is actually Cisco VPN client software for communicating securely with Cisco ASA and  PIX firewall.

According to Cisco only ASA and PIX firewall supports the iPhone Remote Access VPN, where as the Cisco IOS routers and bit older VPN 3000 concentrators will not support the iPhone VPN features.

By using this feature mobile workers can connect remotely to their Enterprise network via secure VPN tunnel using their iPhone. Both the Wi-Fi and Mobile Data Networks can support the iPhone VPN client to set up a tunnel between an iPhone and their Enterprise network. Following authentication methods are supported for establishing the remote VPN tunnel

ü  Password

ü  RSA SecurID

ü  CRYPTOCard

ü  Certificate

 

For more info on how to configure your Cisco ASA firewall do check this link from Cisco Systems.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/vpn_client/cisco_vpn_client/iPhone/2.0/connectivity/guide/iphone.html

Sep 24 2008   6:27PM GMT

How to turn a Cisco Router into ASA..

Posted by: Yasir Irfan
Cisco, Routers, Cisco IOS, Cisco ASA, ASA/PIX, Basic Firewall, Cisco IOS Firewall, ZFW

Guess what your Routers  support zone-based policies, which really helps with multi-interface restrictions (rather than just one outside & one inside interface with individual access list applications). Likewise, it now supports application inspection to catch those scandalous peer-to-peer programs.  

Courtesy: Cisco

Cisco IOS® Software Release 12.4(6)T introduced Zone-Based Policy Firewall (ZFW), a new configuration model for the Cisco IOS Firewall feature set. This new configuration model offers intuitive policies for multiple-interface routers, increased granularity of firewall policy application, and a default deny-all policy that prohibits traffic between firewall security zones until an explicit policy is applied to allow desirable traffic. For more details do access this document from Cisco.