Cisco ASA includes features from the different Cisco VPN product families. Cisco products such as the PIX Firewall, IOS routers, and VPN 3000 Series Concentrators offer VPN capabilities to small, medium, and large organizations. Cisco ASA integrates and enhances several IPSec and SSL VPN features from the Cisco VPN 3000 Series Concentrators and PIX Firewalls, respectively. The VPN 3000 Series Concentrator family includes the following models:
Cisco also offers an IPSec VPN Services Module for the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switch and the Cisco 7600 Series Internet routers. They are designed to provide IPSec VPN services to large enterprises and service providers.
Part I: Product Overview
Introduction to Network Security
Product History
Hardware Overview
Part II: Firewall Solution
Initial Setup and System Maintenance
Network Access Control
IP Routing
Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA)
Application Inspection
Security Contexts
Transparent Firewalls
Failover and Redundancy
Quality of Service
Part III: Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) Solution
Intrusion Prevention System Integration
Configuring and Troubleshooting Cisco IPS Software via CLI
Part IV: Virtual Private Network (VPN) Solution
Site-to-Site IPSec VPNs
Remote Access VPN
Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
Part V: Adaptive Security Device Manager
Introduction to ASDM
Firewall Management Using ASDM
IPS Management Using ASDM
VPN Management Using ASDM
Case Studies