So far the best info I have found was a reddit article, But I wanted to ask the questions with a bit more emphasis on basic connectivity and security.įirstly, especially if you are going to be using IPSec VPNs, you will want to upgrade the FIOS to at least 9.1(7) (Please read ) What would you consider the minimum security requirements for a network before letting users go wild on the internet? (logging, ssh, inspections, outbound rules, all the other stuff I'm missing, etc) What is necessary for basic connectivity? (Outside interface, inside interface, IP addresses, VLANs, domain, DNS servers, etc)Ģ. I have only two questions, but I'm hoping for as much info as possible for the second (the why's mostly, I can google actual commands)ġ. We will also have a VPN tunnel between the two locations, and different ISP providers at each location (if that matters in regards to my questions) I will be upgrading the new firewall to version: 9.1(6)11 as well (as advised by the Cisco tech I spoke with and received the downloads from). We currently have one ASA 5505 firewall in place at our main location on version 8.4 (I will eventually be upgrading to 9.1(6)11), but we are opening up a second location, and have purchased another ASA 5505 (this'll be the one I'm inquiring about).

I've googled some configuration wizards and tricks (like default factory settings), but am really wanting to do it all manually, and mostly from the CLI, just to really burn it into my head.

I have made edits to existing firewalls, created a few site-to-site VPNs, etc, but I have never actually set one up from scratch. I am configuring my first ASA out of the box.

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