PIX/ASA

The PIX/ASA simulator covers most of the main features of the PIX/ASA firewall, and the certifications, including CCSP and Cisco Academy Network Security 1/2, with over 150 PIX/ASA labs. One of our most asked questions is the version that is used, as Cisco have changed the PIX/ASA device in Version 7 to be more structured. In the simulator both Version 6.x and Version 7.x are supported. This is important as some of the certifications still structure themselves around Version 6.x, while others are starting to use Version 7.x. The following are some examples of PIX challenges:

• [PIX Example- P1].
• [Pix Example (V6)- P2]
• [Pix Example (V7)- P3]
• [Pix Example (V6)- P4]
• [Pix Example (V7)- P5]
• [Pix Example (V7)- P14]

Some tests

ProfSIMS contains MCQ tests. A sample ones are at:

• [PIX Test 1 - Related to Network Security 1]
• [Sample test 1 - Routing]
• [Sample test 2 - DHCP, DDNS and WCCP]
• [Sample test 3 - Multicast]
• [Sample test 4 - IPv6]
• [Sample test 5 - Local database and AAA]

ASDM

ProfSIMS contains an ASDM simulator. Some demos are at:

• PIX/ASA ASDM Challenge 3 [Click here - a3]. In this demo the interface details of E0, E1 and E2 are setup.
• PIX/ASA ASDM Challenge 7 [Click here - a7]. In this demo static routes and the default gateway are setup.
• PIX/ASA ASDM Challenge 10 [Click here - a10]. In this demo users are setup.
• PIX/ASA ASDM Challenge 14 [Click here - a14]. In this demo timeouts are setup, along with disabling NAT.
• Other demos are: [Demo 5][Demo 6][Demo 7][Demo 8][Demo 9][Demo 10][Demo 11].

Sample lecture on PIX/ASA

ProfSIMS contains some sample lectures, such as:

• Introduction to PIX/ASA [Link].
• Context-based ACLs [Link].
• VPN [Link].
• Starting with ASA [Link].