This example will provide the required configuration to allow a single IP address access to TCP port 80 when the HTTP Host Header matches either EXAMPLE1.DOMAIN.net or EXAMPLE2.DOMAIN.net. Note : In addition to the commands below you will also need to grant the relevant access via your interface based ACL`s. This is because your HTTP traffic … Read more
Below provides the basic commands for configuring the date, time and NTP on your Juniper SRX gateway. Configure the Time Zone system time-zone Europe/London Configure NTP set system ntp server 0.uk.pool.ntp.org preferset system ntp server 1.uk.pool.ntp.orgset system ntp server 2.uk.pool.ntp.org Set the Time/Date set date ntp 0.uk.pool.ntp.org Confirm user@switch> show ntp statusstatus=0644 leap_none, sync_ntp, 4 … Read more
Within this article destination NAT is configured to port forward traffic through to multiple servers based upon the destination port. This type of NAT configuration is equivalent to a ScreenOS VIP. This example syntax is based upon the following setup : 172.16.1.2:2222 –> 192.168.1.5:22172.16.1.2:3389 –> 192.168.1.6:3389 Configure Address Book First the real addresses … Read more
Issue VPN fails to route traffic through to the tunnel interface when using Route Based VPN upon a SRX platform. The following is observed : Both Phase 1 and Phase 2 is successfully establishing. Traffic is being received inbound from the Remote Peer and decypted successfully. Multiple VPN policies are assigned to a single tunnel … Read more
As we all know Cisco`s new ASA version 8.3 brings massive changes in NAT. This article describes and explains how NAT exemption (no NAT) is now configured. Below provides examples of both pre and post 8.3 no NAT configurations. Example Details Local LAN – 192.168.0.0/24 Remote LAN – 172.168.0.0/24 Traffic is arriving on the inside … Read more
Traffic reporting on the Juniper Netscreen can be achieved via a number of methods. Various tools and features are available such as the Netscreen Security Manager (NSM), 3rd Party applications along with numerous reporting features on the device itself. This article will look at how to create traffic reports by using just 1. a Netscreen … Read more
NGX R65 HFA40 is a standard HFA and can be installed both on Security Gateways and on SmartCenter servers. R65.4 is a Management-based package that in addition to NGX R65 HFA40, also contains various new features and plug-ins. Upgrading from R65.4 can present some significant issues, due the release being a dead end. You will … Read more
When upgrading or installing Check Point on a Solaris platform rather then having to use the physical Check Point software CD, the following method allows you install/upgrade your Check Point software directly from the *.iso. Steps 1. Copy the iso file to your firewall / manager2. Run the following commands lofiadm -a <path>/<filename>.iso /dev/lofi/1mount -F … Read more
Within this tutorial will will look at 2 configuration examples in which we will use HTTP inspection within the Cisco ASA to allow access for certain hosts based on specific URL headers. EXAMPLE 1 This example will show the required syntax to allow access to yahoo.com for any host within the network 10.1.1.0 255.255.0.0. HTTP … Read more
The prompt state command was introduced within 7.1. This short example shows you how to configure your ASA to include the cluster state within its name : cisco-firewall# config t cisco-firewall (config)# prompt hostname state cisco-firewall/act(config)#
You may find that there is a time in which you haven’t got access via the standard ASAOS CLI to change, amend or edit your current configuration. In this example we will show you the steps required for removing the configuration via ROMMON mode. Here are the steps : 1. Reboot the device2. On boot … Read more
In order to to enable SecureID authentication you will need to generate an ‘sdconf.rec’ file from your ACE SERVER.You will then need to copy this file to the the ‘/var/ace‘ directory of your Check Point Firewall (if the directory does not exsist create one). At the point that your ACE SERVER and your ACE AGENT … Read more
Below are a couple of ASA caputre examples. This is meant for more of a copy and paste function then an overall capture tutorial. access-list based access-list capture1-acl permit ip host [ip] host [ip]capture capture1 type access-list capture1-acl interface [interface] host / port based capture capture2 [interface] match ip host [ip] host [ip]capture capture3 [interface] … Read more
Below shows you the steps on how to configure a tunnel that will encapsulate your IPv6 traffic within an IPv4 tunnel. Please Note : Below uses the Zone Work which is the equivalent to Trust and contains eth1. Ethernet3 is the untrust interface. Enable IPv6 Add the following command and then reboot your device, set … Read more
A proxy-ID is used during phase 2 of Internet Key Exchange (IKE) Virtual Private Network (VPN) negotiations. Both ends of a VPN tunnel either have a proxy-ID manually configured (route-based VPN), or simply use a combination of source IP, destination IP and service in a tunnel policy. When phase 2 of IKE is negotiated, each … Read more
Fir3net.com is pleased to release dbdel ver3.1. This is basically a wrapper for Check Points existing dbver tool, but allows you to remove 100`s of Database Revisions with one simple command string. Unlike dbver where you have to add each database revision id. This allows you to add the amount your want to remove and … Read more
The following will show you how to save a full IPSO backup via the clish CLI. This will backup all of the operating system configuration such as routes, proxy arps, interface settings etc. Backup This will create a backup within the /var/backup/ directory called ipso-backup_[date].tgz clish -c “set backup manual filename ipso-backup”clish -c “set backup … Read more
Below shows you the commands required to change the IP address of an interface within clish on a IPSO Nokia gateway, add interface eth1c0 address IP [NEW IP]/[NETMASK] delete interface eth1c0 address [OLD IP] set interface eth1 speed 100M duplex full active on set interface eth1c0 enable Below gives you an example : nokia-firewall[admin]# clish … Read more
The main issue when creating a Site to Site VPN between parties is having the correct information on both sides. Below is a template for the information which is needed to build a VPN Site to2 Site tunnel. This template is designed to be copied and pasted and sent to the other parties. Please remember … Read more
This guide will outline OPSEC LEA and how it works within a Check Point Infrastructure. What is OPSEC LEA ? The OPSEC LEA (Log Export API) provides the ability to pull logs from a Check Point device based on the OPSEC SDK. OPSEC LEA listens on port tcp/18184 on the device (OPSEC LEA Server) which … Read more
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