Cisco ASA firewall basics

Name: Cisco ASA firewall basics
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Get started with Cisco ASA firewall. In this course you will learn to setup and install the Cisco ASA firewall!

Created byJimmy Larsson

Last updated 1/2020

English

What you'll learn

Install your own firewall
Configure NAT and access-lists.
Understand the best practice recommendations when installing Cisco ASA

Course content

5 sections • 24 lectures • 1h 53m total length

Welcome!1:13
An introduction to the course where I introduce myself and explains the purpose and content of the course.
ASA hardware models4:15
There are many hardware models available. In this lecture you will get introduced to some of them.

interface configuration5:44
First step in configuring a Cisco ASA is the interface configuration. There are tree commands that always needs to be added to each interface and I will explain them here.
switchports3:14
Some firewalls contains a built-in switch and in these cases there is one extra step needed in the interface configuration.
Security levels2:57
Security-levels might seem confusing. I will explain them here!
Same security levels4:24
Hair-pinning and interfaces with the same security-level will be explained in this lecture.
The course lab environment4:37
I explain how the lab environment I use in this course looks like and works.
Implementing access-lists part 14:32
In this lecture You will learn how access-lists works, and how to apply them in the firewall.
Implementing access-lists part 25:35
More about access-lists
Introduction to NAT7:58
Nat (network address translation) is a complex part of the Cisco ASA configuration. In this lecture you will get introduced to the most common ways of configure Nat in the firewall.
fixup protocol icmp3:59
A good command to remember, otherwise your ping will not work.
Management access part 16:41
How to configure the firewall to allow inbound management access over telnet, ssh and ASDM.
Management access part 26:11
We will continue to look at how to configure management access-
Setup the firewall as local DHCP server3:23
There are three commands needed to setup the firewall as a DHCP server.
An introduction to ASDM part 13:46
An introduction to ASDM part 26:42
More about the ASDM interface

Requirements

Knowledge of TCP/IP
General knowledge of what a firewall is

Description

In the course you will learn everything needed to install and configure a brand new Cisco ASA firewall with outbound internet access.

You will learn all commands needed to install the firewall.

In the first part of the course You will understand which required building blocks there are to get the firewall installed. For each step I will explain the reason, how it works and that there is to think about when configuring the Cisco ASA. This includes:

Console access
Interface configurations
Access-list theory and how to apply them.
Restricting and providing management access.
Network Address Translation (NAT)
DHCP in the Cisco ASA
Available hardware models.
Security levels.

In the second part of the course we will together configure a Cisco ASA 5505 from no configuration at all to outbound filtered and NAT:ed internet-access with DHCP and access-lists.

By the end of this course you will have a full knowledge of the different building blocks required to install a Cisco firewall.

Who this course is for:

Anyone who needs to understand how to setup a Cisco ASA firewall.

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Course content

Introduction2 lectures • 5min

Bits and pieces of the configuration14 lectures • 1hr 10min

NAT - Network Address translation4 lectures • 25min

A live configuration3 lectures • 13min

Bonus section1 lecture • 1min

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