Complete Cisco VPN Configuration Guide, The

Product Description

Use Cisco concentrators, routers, Cisco PIX and Cisco ASA security appliances, and remote access clients to build a complete VPN solution

 

• A complete resource for understanding VPN components and VPN design issues
• Learn how to employ state-of-the-art VPN connection types and implement complex VPN configurations on Cisco devices, including routers, Cisco PIX and Cisco ASA security appliances, concentrators, and remote access clients
• Discover troubleshooting tips and techniques from real-world scenarios based on the author’s vast field experience
• Filled with relevant configurations you can use immediately in your own network

 

With increased use of Internet connectivity and less reliance on private WAN networks, virtual private networks (VPNs) provide a much-needed secure method of transferring critical information. As Cisco Systems® integrates security and access features into routers, firewalls, clients, and concentrators, its solutions become ever more accessible to companies with networks of all sizes. The Complete Cisco VPN Configuration Guide contains detailed explanations of all Cisco® VPN products, describing how to set up IPsec and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) connections on any type of Cisco device, including concentrators, clients, routers, or Cisco PIX® and Cisco ASA security appliances. With copious configuration examples and troubleshooting scenarios, it offers clear information on VPN implementation designs.

 

Part I, “VPNs,” introduces the topic of VPNs and discusses today’s main technologies, including IPsec. It also spends an entire chapter on SSL VPNs, the newest VPN technology and one that Cisco has placed particular emphasis on since 2003. Part II, “Concentrators,” provides detail on today’s concentrator products and covers site-to-site and remote-access connection types with attention on IPsec and WebVPN. Part III covers the Cisco VPN Client versions 3.x and 4.x along with the Cisco3002 Hardware Client. Cisco IOS® routers are the topic of Part IV, covering scalable VPNs with Dynamic Multipoint VPN, router certificate authorities, and router remote access solutions. Part V explains Cisco PIX and Cisco ASA security appliances and their roles in VPN connectivity, including remote access and site-to-site connections. In Part VI, a case study shows how a VPN solution is best implemented in the real world using a variety of Cisco VPN products in a sample network.

 

This security book is part of the Cisco Press® Networking Technology Series. Security titles from Cisco Press help networking professionals secure critical data and resources, prevent and mitigate network attacks, and build end-to-end self-defending networks.

 

Praise For Complete Cisco VPN Configuration Guide, The

The Complete Cisco VPN Configuration Guide
Reviewer Name: Brad Bledsoe, Sr. Technical Manager
Reviewer Certifications: CCIP, CCNP, CCDP

This book is an excellent reference on VPNs. It should be in every networking professional’s personal library who designs, deploys, and manages a VPN solution. The diagrams are clear and easy to follow. The troubleshooting chapters of each section provide excellent tools as well as common mistakes to help the networking professional deploy their solution successfully. The case study provides an invaluable example of a real world deployment. While the book is not advertised to be an exam preparation or certification guide, it could easily be used as a supplement towards those studies.

Review by Wole Akpose, CCNA
Review by Martin Kurniawan, CCNA

Index

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Table of Contents

Part I VPNs

Chapter 1 Overview of VPNs

Chapter 2 VPN Technologies

Chapter 3 IPsec

Chapter 4 PPTP and L2TP

Chapter 5 SSL VPNs

Part II Concentrators

Chapter 6 Concentrator Product Information

Chapter 7 Concentrator Remote Access Connections with IPsec

Chapter 8 Concentrator Remote Access Connections with PPTP, L2TP, and WebVPN

Chapter 9 Concentrator Site-to-Site Connections

Chapter 10 Concentrator Management

Chapter 11 Verifying and Troubleshooting Concentrator Connections

Part III Clients

Chapter 12 Cisco VPN Software Client

Chapter 13 Windows Software Client

Chapter 14 3002 Hardware Client

Part IV IOS Routers

Chapter 15 Router Product Information

Chapter 16 Router ISAKMP/IKE Phase 1 Connectivity

Chapter 17 Router Site-to-Site Connections

Chapter 18 Router Remote Access Connections

Chapter 19 Troubleshooting Router Connections

Part V PIX Firewalls

Chapter 20 PIX and ASA Product Information

Chapter 21 PIX and ASA Site-to-Site Connections

Chapter 22 PIX and ASA Remote Access Connections

Chapter 23 Troubleshooting PIX and ASA Connections

Part VI Case Study

Chapter 24 Case Study

 

Downloadable Sample Chapter

Download - 2.4 MB -- Chapter 8: Concentrator Remote Access Connections with PPTP, L2TP, and WebVPN