Author Archives: Farzand Ali

Understanding the Eight Basic Commands on a Cisco ASA Security Appliance

There are literally thousands of commands and sub-commands available to configure a Cisco security appliance.  As you gain knowledge of the appliance, you will use more and more of the commands.  Initially, however, there are just a few commands required to configure basic functionality on the appliance.  Basic functionality is defined as allowing inside hostsContinue reading “Understanding the Eight Basic Commands on a Cisco ASA Security Appliance”

How to add ASA Firewall to GNS3

1. Download GNS3, I accept all the defaults (I actually tick to install SuperPuTTy, as tabbed console windows can be handy when using GNS3). Launch the program, you will be greeted with the following setup wizard. Select Option 1. Note: You can do the same in future, by going to Edit > Preferences 2. Check thatContinue reading “How to add ASA Firewall to GNS3”

VirtualBox and GNS3

VirtualBox VitualBox is a cross-platform virtualization application very similar to VMware that runs on Windows, Mac, Linux or Solaris operating systems. VirtualBox provides a generic virtualization environment for x86 systems meaning it may run operating systems of any kind. Also, VirtualBox is usually faster and easier to use than Qemu, especially on Windows and Mac OS X.Continue reading “VirtualBox and GNS3”