Chapter 7. System Management

Terms you'll need to understand:

• Network Time Protocol (NTP)

• Secure Shell (SSH)

• Telnet

• Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

• Syslog server

Techniques you'll need to master:

• Setting the clock

• Configuring NTP

• Using Telnet

• Configuring for SSH

• Logging to a syslog server

• Setting syslog timestamps

This chapter covers the ways of remotely accessing the PIX firewall, how to set up time servers, SNMP traps, and the capabilities of logging system messages to remote syslog servers.