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Students will learn to:

• Identify network security threats
• Outline a network security policy
• Understand different components of PIX Firewall
• Identify PIX Firewall features, models, components
• Do PIX Firewall installation and software upgrades
• Configure multiple interfaces on the PIX Firewall
• Understand Network Address Translation
• Configure inbound and outbound access through the PIX Firewall
• Configure the PIX Firewall as a DHCP server
• Configure the PIX Firewall as a DHCP client
• Authentication and AAA
• Set up URL Filtering using WebSense
• Understand Encryption and VPN using PIX
• Build IPSEC VPNs between 2 PIX Firewalls using IKE and preshare
• Build IPSEC VPN using the Cisco Secure Client and PIX Firewall
• Configure using PIX Device Manager and use it to configure the PIX Firewall
• Understand
• Implement Failover/Redundancy
• Password Recovery
• Logging to Syslog Server
• Configure the IDS feature set 
• Maintenance and Troubleshooting

Course Fee
The course fee includes detailed course material. Free continental breakfast is provided every day.

Who Should Attend

Network Administrators and Security Professionals interested in learning the CISCO PIX FireWall product and features with a hands-on approach.

Prerequisites

Knowledge of TCP/IP and familiarity with configuring CISCO routers.

Course Outline

Overview
Introduces the PIX Firewall course and provides an introduction to various security threats and different hack methods, The three primary methods of attack. Learn about the Cisco AVVID and SAFE overview.

PIX Firewall Architecture
Examines the needs for using a firewall to protect your internal network from external and internal intrusions and goes into the details of Adaptive Security Algorithm and how PIX Firewall implements it.

PIX Firewall Product Overview
Provides details on the most current models of the PIX Firewall- PIX 506, 515, 520, 525, and 535 models. Goes into hardware and software configurations for the above models.

Configuring PIX Firewall
Examines how the PIX Firewall can be installed with the most current version of the software. It goes into the details of key PIX command set, to make the PIX Firewall operational. Understand how the packet flows between different security levels and do hands-on lab to configure the PIX Firewall.

Lab Exercises : Covers all of the concepts in this chapter  

Configuring Multiple Interfaces 
Examine how to configure additional interfaces on the PIX Firewall such as DMZConfiguring additional interfaces

Lab exercise: Configuring multiple interfaces

Address Translation
Examines network address translation in PIX Firewall. Topics include the examination of what is address translation, and why you should use address translation, how PIX Firewall implements it. Learn how to set up nat and globals and conduits and access lists to deny specific traffic.

Lab Exercises: Covers all of the concepts in this chapter

DHCP Support
Learn to configure the PIX Firewall as DHCP Server and DHCP Client

Lab exercises: Configure the PIX Firewall's DHCP server and client features

Access Control Configuration
Learn how to set up access control on the PIX firewall.

Lab exercises: Configure the access-list using NAT and no NAT

Authentication
Examines Cut-Through Proxy and how PIX Firewall implements authentication. Set up AAA to a Cisco Secure Server and implement authentication for outbound and inbound traffic for specific services.

Lab exercises: Configure Authentication, Authorization and Accounting, troubleshooting AAA etc.

Content Filtering
Examines the methodology of setting up  the firewall for URL screening, blocking JAVA code, removing JAVA Script and stripping ActiveX tags. Learn about the fix-up protocol and how PIX Firewall implements SMTP Mail Guard, DNS Guard etc.

Lab Exercises: Configure URL filtering using WebSense

Advanced Protocol Handling 
Configure PIX Firewall for Multimedia support

Lab exercises: Configure and test advanced protocol handling 

Attack Guards and Intrusion Detection
Configure PIX Firewall to use attack guards and IDS signatures

Lab exercises: Configure the PIX Firewall to use IDS signatures

Encryption & VPNs
Discusses and examines the importance and implementation of encryption, including encryption keys, IPSEC and how PIX Firewall implements IPSEC in the new version v5.1. Learn how to set up VPNs between two locations using IPSEC. Build VPNs between 2 PIX Firewalls using IKE and preshare secret. You will also learn to build VPNs between Cisco Secure Client and PIX Firewall. Learn how to set up VPNs between a Cisco Router and PIX Firewall.

Lab exercises: Configure VPN between using 2 PIX Firewalls using IKE and IPSEC
Configure VPN using the Cisco Secure Client and PIX Firewall

Logging & PIX Firewall Maintenence
Learn the different logging features and reporting features available on the PIX Firewall. Learn how to do password recovery on the PIX Firewall. Learn to do image upgrade.

Lab exercises: Covers the above concepts.

PIX Device Manager (PDM)
Provides PDM overview, PDM operating requirements. Learn to prepare PIX Firewall for PDM, use PDM

Lab exercises: Install and configure PDM

CSPM (Cisco Secure Policy Manger)
Provides CSPM overview, CSPM operating requirements. Learn to setup CSPM and configure PIX firewall using CSPM

Lab exercises: Covers the above concepts using CSPM

PIX Firewall Failover
Examines PIX Firewall hot standby feature and how to configure it.
Lab exercises: Covers the above concepts.

Putting it all together - Case Study
This final section of the course will include a comprehensive lab where the student is able to demonstrate all of the skills and knowledge learned with the PIX Firewall.