May 23, 2012

You’re invited to come join us at the Orange County Cisco User Group!

For those of you in the Southern California Area, Ascolta would like to extend the invitation to join us for the Orange County Cisco User Group on Thursday February 17th. I’ll be attending so stop by and say hello! Here are the details:

Topic: Cisco ASA 5585-X Adaptive Security Appliance

Designed for mission-critical data centers that require exceptional flexibility and security, the Cisco® ASA 5585-X Adaptive Security Appliance delivers superior technology that spans multiple platforms and deployment scenarios. the Cisco ASA 5585-X delivers versatile, always-on remote access integrated with IPS and web security for secure mobility and enhanced productivity. Unlike most security providers that force you to choose between a high-quality firewall and an effective intrusion prevention system (IPS), Cisco combines the world’s most proven firewall with the industry’s most effective IPS – with guaranteed coverage – for a powerful security solution.

Presenter: Mirza Baig

Mirza Baig has been a Systems Engineer at Cisco for the last 3 years. He graduated in 2006 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science from UCLA. He holds a CCIE in Routing and Switching, and currently focuses on Cisco’s Borderless Network Architecture, which includes technologies such as Security, Wireless, Routing and Switching.

Agenda:

5:30 – 6:00pm Food & Networking 6:00 – 7:00pm Presentation 7:00 – 7:30pm Drawing & Giveaway

RSVP:

Attendees are asked to please RSVP by commenting on this post. Last minute RSVP’s please call Ascolta’s main line at the Irvine office at (949) 477-2000 x1 for questions, directions and any last minute information.

Location:

Ascolta 2351 Mcgaw Avenue Irvine, CA 92614

IPexpert Section 12: NAC

I spent the day working on Ipexperts Section 16: Multiprotocol Challenge Lab.  I’m having a tough time making it through the entire lab because of distractions.  Work, Kids, Travel.  Today I decided to grab up another session after my original session ended and work on a different lab.  I still have time left but its 11pm, ive been up since 5, and I can’t focus anymore.  I ended up working on NAC.

Here are my notes so far:

  • Basic Configuration of the VPN concentrator from the CLI and Graphical Interface:  Nothing too tough here.  I was able to complete this task with no problems. (after all this study I better be able to…)
  • Configure Groups, IP Pools, Split Tunneling, and Authentication on the Concentrator:  Not really any issues here except that they created the address pools and authentication servers just for the group and I did it at a global level for the base group.  There were no specific instructions so I dont think this would have caused me any issues.
  • Configuring Certificate Authority on the Win2k3 Server:  Installing the Cert on the server was no problem.  SCEP didn’t work but it could be that SCEP isn’t installed on the server.  I messed with manual certs for a bit, which I can do, but gave up because I was tired.
  • Configuring Network Admission Control:  Never got this far.  Will try again tomorrow.