PIX Firewalls
IIUSA-334: Cisco Secure PIX Firewall Advanced (CSPFA)
Course length: 40 hrs
Prerequisites: A CSPFA student should possess Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) certification or the equivalent knowledge (working knowledge of basic network security and a solid grasp of TCP/IP and fundamental networking concepts), be familiar with encryption technologies: DES, 3DES, RSA, hashing algorithms (MD5/SHA), and IPSec, and have a basic knowledge of the Windows operating system.
Tuition: $2305
The CSPFA course is a five-day, leader-led, lab-intensive course. This task-oriented course teaches the knowledge and skill needed to describe, configure, verify and manage the PIX Firewall product family and the Cisco IOS Firewall feature set.
Coverage includes:
- Identify PIX Firewall features, models, components and benefits
- Describe PIX Firewall installation procedures
- Upgrade software images
- Configure inbound and outbound access through the PIX Firewall
- Configure multiple interfaces on the PIX Firewall
- Configure the PIX Firewall as a DHCP server
- Configure the PIX Firewall as a DHCP client
- Configure the PIX Firewall to send messages to a syslog server
- Perform password recovery
- Configure access control and content filtering on the PIX Firewall
- Configure special protocol handling on the PIX Firewall
- Configure attack guards and SSH Configure AAA on the PIX Firewall
- Configure and test failover using the PIX Firewall
- Configure the IDS feature set
- Configure a site-to-site VPN utilizing the PIX Firewall
- Install PIX Device Manager and use it to configure the PIX Firewall
- Test and verify PIX Firewall operations
- Configure Cisco IOS Firewall Context-based Access Control
- Configure authentication proxy with Cisco IOS software
Special notes: This course leads to 2.0 college credits through the University of Phoenix. Click here for details.
