Upgrade from an earlier version of Anyconnect to version 4.x can be driven by several factors. It can be compliance in order to enable support for SSL version 1.2; or it can be assistance with the deployment of Cisco Umbrella Roaming service that protects devices anywhere against malware, phishing, and …
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Today I’ll go over Cisco Smart Licensing process for FirePOWER Defense Center (DC). As of right now, it is optional for FirePOWER sensors but for Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) it is mandatory. Components: Cisco FirePOWER: 6.0 Before Smart License can be assigned to the sensor, it needs to be authorized …
Recently I setup a PoC for remote users with Anyconnect client and OpenDNS. The idea is to control DNS queries on split tunnel RA VPN connection based on organization’s acceptable use policies and to protect from malicious threats on the Internet. I went with OpenDNS Virtual Appliance deployment option to …
Can I have a production ASA with FirePOWER Inline IPS to do detection of a traffic passively spanned from a switchport? It can be done with Firepower Threat Defence (FTD) appliance without losing any functionality of the production sensor as discussed here. Let’s find out if a FirePOWER can be …
When you first start working with Cisco Firepower Management Console you may be overwhelmed because of so many screens, graphs, tables, and tabs. Today I came across one simple task where the site was blocked with HTTP response page, but website category was allowed. With one block page for all, …