Maricopa Community Colleges  CNT182   20026-20055 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 06/25/02
CNT182 20026-20055 L+L 4 Credit(s) 6 Period(s)
Cisco Secure PIX Firewall Configuration
Describe, configure, manage, and troubleshoot the Cisco PIX Firewall product family and the Cisco IOS Firewall feature set. Prepare the student to take the CSPFA exam, which is one in a series of four exams that lead to the Cisco Security Specialist Certification. Prerequisites: CCNA certification, or CNT170, or permission of instructor.
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
CNT182   20026-20055 Cisco Secure PIX Firewall Configuration
1. Explain Network Security and the Cisco PIX Firewall (I)
2. Explain Cisco PIX Firewall Technology (II)
3. Identify the Cisco PIX Firewall (III)
4. Configure the PIX Firewall basics (IV)
5. Explain and configure access control and content filtering (V)
6. Explain and configure AAA on a Cisco PIX Firewall (VI)
7. Define and explain Failover (VII)
8. Define and configure VPN on PIX Firewalls (VIII)
9. Explain and configure Ssystem maintenance (IX)
10. Explain and configure advanced PIX technologies (X)
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MCCCD Official Course Outline:
 
CNT182   20026-20055 Cisco Secure PIX Firewall Configuration
    I. Network Security and the Cisco PIX Firewall
        A. Reasons for securing network
        B. The four primary types of threats
        C. The three primary methods of attack
        D. The Security Wheel
        E. Cisco AVVID and SAFE overview
      II. Cisco PIX Firewall Technology
          A. Firewalls and firewall technologies
          B. ASA and ASA Security Levels
          C. Cut-through proxy
        III. Identify the Cisco PIX Firewall
            A. Identify models of PIX firewalls
            B. Proper location for the various perimeter network cables
          IV. Basic Configuration of the PIX Firewall
              A. General maintenance commands
              B. ASA security levels
              C. DHCP
              D. PIX Firewall Translations
              E. Syslog configuration
            V. Access Control Configuration and Content Filtering
                A. Access control through the PIX Firewall
                B. Malicious active code filtering
                C. URL filtering with Websense
              VI. AAA Configuration on Cisco PIX Firewall
                  A. Introduction to AAA Installation of Cisco Secure ACS
                  B. AAA configuration
                VII. Failover
                    A. Understand failover
                    B. Describe failover configuration
                  VIII. Site-to-site VPN Configuration
                      A. Explanation of IPSec
                      B. Configuring VPN
                      C. Configuring IPSec
                      D. Scale PIX Firewall VPNs
                    IX. System Maintenance
                        A. Password recovery
                        B. Image upgrade
                        C. PIX Device Manager
                      X. Advanced Configuration
                          A. Context-Based Access Control (CBAC) configuration
                          B. Inspection rules and ACLs
                          C. Introduction to the Cisco IOS Firewall authentication proxy
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