Building Cisco Remote Access Networks

Cisco authorized self-study book for CCNP Remote Access foundation learning
Prepare for CCNP certification while learning the fundamentals of remote access networks
Apply Cisco solutions for assembling and cabling WAN components
Enable on-demand connections by configuring asynchronous connections with modems and configuring Point-to-Point Protocol
Enhance on-demand connectivity using ISDN and DDR technologies
Learn how to manage permanent connections with X.25, Frame Relay, backups, queuing, and compression
Building Cisco Remote Access Networks is a Cisco authorized self-paced learning tool. It teaches you how to design, configure, and maintain a remote access network using Cisco products. This book helps you enable and enhance the on-demand connectivity of a small office, home office, or telecommuter site to a central site. It is divided into six main areas: introduction to remote access networks, identifying Cisco solutions to remote access needs, enabling on-demand connections to the Central site, enhancing on-demand connectivity, enabling permanent connections to the Central site, and scaling remote access networks.

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Managing Cisco Network Security

Cisco authorized self-study book for network security foundation learning
Master technology concepts and security services to protect your network
Develop and implement a network security policy
Configure Cisco routers to secure the network environment by controlling SNMP access, routing updates, network traffic, and Ethernet switch port and access security
Understand the AAA architecture and configure the network access server for AAA, CiscoSecure ACS, and TACACS+
Secure Internet connections by creating a perimeter security system with Cisco routers
Configure a variety of features of the PIX Firewall, including access control, multiple interfaces, AAA, PPTP support, Java applet blocking, URL and FTP filtering, SNMP and syslog support, redundancy, and maintenance
Understand Cisco Encryption Technology and the steps you must follow to configure it on Cisco routers
Learn how to use IPSec protocols to create a secure VPN and scale IPSec networks to support multiple IPSec peers
While the benefits of the information revolution are enormous, so too are the risks you take when offering products, services, and information to your customers, employees, and business partners via your network. Now more than ever, taking the proper steps to ensure the integrity of your network is critical for protecting your most valuable asset: your data. Even so, most corporate and government networks are vulnerable to attack. Managing Cisco Network Security teaches you how to install, configure, operate, manage, and verify Cisco network security products and Cisco IOS® Software security features.

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Cisco Security Specialist's Guide to PIX Firewall

Demystifying the task of implementing, configuring, and administering Cisco’s PIX firewall appliances, Cisco Security Specialist’s Guide to PIX Firewall delivers a total solution both for managing these widely used devices and for passing the challenging Cisco Secure PIX Firewall Advanced Exam (9E0-571), a prerequisite for gaining prestigious Cisco Security Specialist 1 certification. Packed with insider tips and techniques on protocols, hardware and software components, troubleshooting and more, this powerful advisor illustrates attack concepts, explains must-know networking principles for optimizing and integrating PIX firewalls, sets forth real-world configuration and administration examples, and helps users master Cisco’s infamous command line interface.

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The Complete Cisco VPN Configuration Guide

Use Cisco concentrators, routers, Cisco PIX and Cisco ASA security appliances, and remote access clients to build a complete VPN solution
A complete resource for understanding VPN components and VPN design issues
Learn how to employ state-of-the-art VPN connection types and implement complex VPN configurations on Cisco devices, including routers, Cisco PIX and Cisco ASA security appliances, concentrators, and remote access clients
Discover troubleshooting tips and techniques from real-world scenarios based on the author’s vast field experience
Filled with relevant configurations you can use immediately in your own network
With increased use of Internet connectivity and less reliance on private WAN networks, virtual private networks (VPNs) provide a much-needed secure method of transferring critical information. As Cisco Systems® integrates security and access features into routers, firewalls, clients, and concentrators, its solutions become ever more accessible to companies with networks of all sizes. The Complete Cisco VPN Configuration Guide contains detailed explanations of all Cisco® VPN products, describing how to set up IPsec and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) connections on any type of Cisco device, including concentrators, clients, routers, or Cisco PIX® and Cisco ASA security appliances. With copious configuration examples and troubleshooting scenarios, it offers clear information on VPN implementation designs.

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Administering Cisco QOS for IP Networks

Administering Cisco QoS for IP Networks discusses IP Quality of Service (QoS) and how it applies to Enterprise and Internet Service Provider (ISP) environments. It reviews routing protocols and quality of service mechanisms available today on Cisco network devices and it will provide you with examples and exercises for a hands-on experience designed to give you the background to implement these capabilities in your network.

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