642-523 Securing Networks with PIX and ASA
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642-523 Securing Networks with PIX and ASA
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Exam Description
The Securing Networks with PIX and ASA exam is one of the exams associated with the Cisco Certified Security Professional and the Cisco Firewall Specialist certifications. Candidates can prepare for this exam by taking the SNPA v5.0 course. This exam includes simulations and tests a candidate's knowledge and ability to describe, configure, verify and manage the Cisco PIX and ASA Security Appliance products.
Exam Topics
The following topics are general guidelines for the content likely to be included on the Remote Access exam. However, other related topics may also appear on any specific delivery of the exam. In order to better reflect the contents of the exam and for clarity purposes, the guidelines below may change at any time without notice.
Install and configure a Security Appliance for basic network connectivity
- Describe the Security Appliance hardware and software architecture
- Determine the Security Appliance hardware and software configuration and verify if it is correct
- Use setup or the CLI to configure basic network settings, including interface configurations
- Use appropriate show commands to verify initial configurations
- Configure NAT and global addressing to meet user requirements
- Configure DHCP client option
- Set default route
- Configure logging options
- Describe the firewall technology
- Explain the information contained in syslog files
- Configure static address translations
- Configure Network Address Translations: PAT
- Verify network address translation operation
Configure a Security Appliance to restrict inbound traffic from untrusted sources
- Configure access-lists to filter traffic based on address, time, and protocols
- Configure object-groups to optimize access-list processing
- Configure Network Address Translations: Nat0
- Configure Network Address Translations: Policy NAT
- Configure java/activeX filtering
- Configure URL filtering
- Verify inbound traffic restrictions
- Configure static port redirection
- Configure a net static
- Set embryonic and connection limits on the Security Appliance
Configure a Security Appliance to provide secure connectivity using site-to-site VPNs
- Explain the basic functionality of IPsec
- Configure IKE with preshared keys
- Differentiate between the types of encryption
- Configure IPsec parameters
- Configure crypto-maps and ACLs
Configure a Security Appliance to provide secure connectivity using remote access VPNs
- Explain the functions of EasyVPN
- Configure IPsec using EasyVPN Server/Client
- Configure the Cisco Secure VPN client
- Explain the purpose of SSL VPN
- Configure WebVPN services: Server/Client
- Verify VPN operations
- Install and Configure SVCs
- Install and Configure Cisco Secure Desktop
Configure transparent firewall, virtual firewall, and high availability firewall features
- Explain differences between L2 and L3 operating modes
- Configure Security Appliance for transparent mode (L2)
- Explain purpose of virtual firewalls
- Configure Security Appliance to support virtual firewall
- Monitor and maintain virtual firewall
- Explain the types, purpose and operation of fail-over
- Install appropriate topology to support cable-based or LAN-based fail-over
- Explain the hardware, software and licensing requirements for high-availability
- Configure the Security Appliance for active/standby fail-over
- Configure the Security Appliance for stateful fail-over
- Configure the Security Appliance for active-active fail-over
- Verify fail-over operation
- Recover from a fail-over
- Allocate resources to virtual firewalls
Configure AAA services for the Security Appliance
- Configure ACS for Security Appliance support
- Configure Security Appliance to use AAA feature
- Configure authentication using both local and external databases
- Configure authorization using an external database
- Configure the ACS server for downloadable ACLs
- Configure accounting of connection start/stop
- Verify AAA operation
Configure routing and switching on a Security Appliance
- Enable DHCP server and relay functionality
- Configure VLANs on a Security Appliance interface
- Configure Security Appliance to pass multi-cast traffic
Configure Security Appliance advanced application layer and modular policy features
- Configure a class-map
- Configure a policy-map
- Configure a service-policy
- Configure a ftp-map
- Configure a http-map
- Configure an inspection protocol
- Explain the function of protocol inspection
- Explain DNS guard feature
- Describe the AIP-SSM HW and SW
- Load IPS SW in the AIP-SSM
- Verify AIP-SSM
- Configure an IPS modular policy
- Describe the CSC-SSM HW and SW
- Configure a typed class map
- Configure a typed policy map
- Use typed policy maps to specify granular inspection parameters for a policy map
- Configure regex class maps
- Create regular expressions
- Load CSC SW on the SSM
- Verify the CSC-SSM
- Divert traffic to the CSC-SSM
- Initialize the CSC-SSM
Monitor and manage an installed Security Appliance
- Obtain and apply OS updates
- Backup and restore configurations and software
- Explain the Security Appliance file management system
- Perform password/lockout recovery procedures
- Obtain and upgrade license keys
- Configure passwords for various access methods: Telnet, serial, enable, SSH
- Configure various access methods: Telnet, SSH, ASDM
- Configure command authorization and privilege levels
- Configure local username database
- Verify access control methods
- Enable ASDM functionality
- Verify a Security Appliance configuration via ASDM
- Verify the licensing available on a Security Appliance
- Add, delete, and modify syslog messages