Palo Alto Networks releases PAN-OS 8.1 and new hardware firewalls

The recent press release from Palo Alto networks comes with a great surprise as they released PAN-OS 8.1 which comes with some great new features and enhancements, also the new hardware they introduced have plenty to offer. With growing threats targeted in form, SSL is always challenging to...
Cisco ASA Firewalls and Cisco FTDs can be – exploited remotely due to “Remote Code Execution and Denial of Service Vulnerability” updates

In my previous post, I talked about the vulnerability in the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) VPN functionality of the Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a reload of the affected system or to remotely execute code. On January 29,...
A review for Cisco Press title “Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD)” by Najmul Rajib

What is the error “Unable to launch device manager from x.x.x.x” in ASA Firewall?

We were trying to access the Cisco ASA Firewall using the ASDM, while accessing the login credential prompt came. After entering all the valid credentials an error "Unable to launch device manager from x.x.x.x" appeared.
Are Next Generation Firewalls capable of supporting SSL/TLS interception?

These days most of the traffic passes though various network is SSL/TLS. People used to believe by using SSL encryption they are free from attacks and can protect their organisations from any call backs, malware etc. However trends are changing as attackers are capable of sending malware in the...
Blue Coat Proxy SG – A leader in Secure Web Gateways

When it comes to forward proxy or reverse proxy Blue Coat Proxy SG happens to be a Gartner Magic Quadrant leader in Secure Web Gateways category. They are especially known for their proxy capabilities for over a decade Blue Coat offers their Proxy SG appliances in various size and models....
What is Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD)?

Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) is a unified software image, which includes the Cisco ASA features and FirePOWER Services. This unified software is capable of offering the function of ASA and FirePOWER in one platform, both in terms of hardware and software features. This seems to be a good...
An Introduction Cisco ASA FirePOWER Services

As we all know Cisco jumped into Next Generation Firewall segment, though they are late yet they are trying sell their next-generation firewall services, including Next-Generation Intrusion Prevention System (NGIPS), Application Visibility and Control (AVC), URL filtering, and Advanced Malware...
Palo Alto Network Firewall Architecture – Know how

Palo Alto takes a good approach in designing the architecture for their next generation firewalls. Palo Alto offers processors dedicated to security function that work in parallel. Palo Alto firewall contains separate Control Plane and Data Plane. By separating them Palo Alto is ensuring that...