The Accidental Administrator: Cisco ASA Step-by-Step Configuration Guide is packed with 56 easy-to-follow hands-on exercises to help you build a working firewall configuration from scratch. It's the most straight-forward approach to learning how to configure the Cisco ASA Security Appliance, filled with practical tips and secrets learned from years of teaching and consulting on the ASA.
There is no time wasted on boring theory. The essentials are covered in chapters on installing, backups and restores, remote administration, VPNs, DMZs, usernames, transparent mode, static NAT, port address translation, access lists, DHCP, password recovery, logon banners, AAA (authentication, authorization, and accounting), filtering content, and more.
Here's what you'll find:
- How to backup and restore software images and configurations
- How to configure four different types of VPNs
- The secrets to successfully building and implementing access-lists
All this information is presented in a straightforward style that you can understand and use right away. The idea is for you to be able to sit down with your ASA and build a working configuration in a matter of minutes. Of course, some of the more advanced configs may take a little longer, but even so, you'll be able to "get it done" in a minimal amount of time!
Customer Reviews & Comments
I have extensive knowledge of the Catalyst Series Switch's and IOS routers, but needed a book to get to the point quickly for some ASA projects I was working on. With Don's book I was able to successfully build a configuration, backup and restore the ASA's software and configs, build a point-to-point VPN and an Anyconnect VPN for a client, and set up a transparent firewall, which was new to me. I like the fact that it's more of a cookbook with recipes for configuring the ASA than an in-depth, 800-page monster. I have a very busy and successful IT consulting practice and I'm very happy with this book.
