CiscoWorks VPNSecurity Management Solution

CiscoWorks VPN/Security Management Solution

The VPN/Security Management Solution (VMS) is a Web-based tool used for configuring, monitoring, and troubleshooting firewalls, VPNs, and intrusion detection systems (IDSs). The following is a list of the functions this product provides:

• Firewall management

• VPN monitoring

• Security monitoring

• Operation management

• VPN router management

• IDS management

This chapter focuses only on the firewall management section and not on VPNs or the IDS capabilities of CiscoWorks. Figure 14.1 displays the CiscoWorks screen that allows access to the PIX Management Center.

Figure 14.1. CiscoWorks VPN/Security screen.

By default, CiscoWorks uses port 1741 on the Web server.