CCSP Cisco Secure PIX Firewall Advanced Exam Certification Guide (CCSP Self-Study)

Product Description

Official self-study test preparation guide for the Cisco 9E0-111 and 642-521 CSPFA exams

Coverage of the CSPFA topics enables you to identify and fill your knowledge gaps before the exam date. You'll learn about:

• The comprehensive line of Cisco PIX Firewall products and the technology and features central to each one
• Transport protocols, Network Address Translation (NAT), and Port Address Translation (PAT)
• Using access control lists and URL filtering
• Use and configuration of group objects
• Attack guards and intrusion detection
• Concepts that support failover as well as configuration information
• Enabling a secure virtual private network (VPN)
• Using Cisco PIX Device Manager to configure a firewall and to create VPNs

Becoming a CCSP distinguishes you as part of an exclusive group of experts, ready to take on today's most challenging security tasks. Administration of the Cisco PIX Firewall is a difficult and complex task, critical for protecting a network. Whether you are seeking a PIX Focused Certification or the full-fledged CCSP Certification, learning what you need to know to pass the CSPFA (Cisco Secure PIX Firewall Advanced) exam will qualify you to keep your company's network safe while meeting business needs.

Each chapter of the CCSP Cisco Secure PIX Firewall Advanced Exam Certification Guide tests your knowledge of the exam subjects through features such as quizzes that assess your knowledge, sections that detail exam topics to master, and areas that highlight essential subjects for quick reference and review. Because experienced IT professionals will agree that the most demanding portion of their jobs is troubleshooting, the final section of this book includes scenarios dedicated to troubleshooting Cisco PIX Firewall configuration. This includes a description of the problem, a portion of the system configuration, debug output, and suggestions to help you resolve the issue. The companion CD-ROM's customizable testing engine enables you to take practice exams that mimic the real testing environment, focus on particular topic areas, randomize answers for reusability, track your progress, and refer to the electronic text for review.

CCSP Cisco Secure PIX Firewall Advanced Exam Certification Guide is part of a recommended learning path from Cisco Systems that can include simulation and hands-on training from authorized Cisco Learning Partners and self-study products from Cisco Press. To find out more about instructor-led training, e-learning, and hands-on instruction offered by authorized Cisco Learning Partners worldwide, please visit www.cisco.com/go/authorizedtraining.

Companion CD-ROM
This companion CD-ROM contains a test bank with more than 200 practice exam questions.

Downloads

Since the publication of this book, new objectives were added to the CCSP PIX exam #642-521. To access preparation material for the updated exam, download the Word documents below, provided by Cisco Press for readers of the first edition.

The Firewall Services Module
Firewall MC

Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful Worst Cisco Press Book, December 26, 2003 By  Shamim Khan (Farmington Hills, MI United States) - See all my reviews This review is from: CCSP Cisco Secure PIX Firewall Advanced Exam Certification Guide (CCSP Self-Study) (Hardcover) I have been using Cisco Press books since 1998. I have achieved CCNA, CCDA, CCNP, CCDP all by self study using Cisco Press books combined with field experience and lab work. Prior to this book, I was overall satisfied with Cisco Press books and recommended others to use them. When I read this book, I was totally frustrated by the volume of incorrect information and syntax errors. This book was written by authors who are inexperienced with PIX product line. The technical reviewers have done a poor job too. Cisco Press should recall this book until a revised version is released. The cover says this book is for 9E0-111 (expired) and 642-521. However, the book does not address FWSM and Pix Firewall MC at all. Both of these are 642-521 exam objective. Most command syntax are incorrect. Go to www.cisco.com, on the search engine type "Cisco PIX Firewall Command Reference". Pick the Version 6.2 command reference. Commands are listed by alphabetic order. Check the syntax there. In some... Read more Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  Was this review helpful to you?  Report abuse | Permalink  Comment 3 of 3 people found the following review helpful Fine if it had been proofread properly, May 11, 2003 By A Customer This review is from: CCSP Cisco Secure PIX Firewall Advanced Exam Certification Guide (CCSP Self-Study) (Hardcover) Wait for the next edition of this book is my advice. There are numerous errors in the text which some basic proofreading would have discovered and the exam provided with it is a joke, there are so many incorrect answers. Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  Was this review helpful to you?  Report abuse | Permalink  Comment 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful This book was worthless..., April 21, 2005 By  C. Ledford (Gainesvill, VA) - See all my reviews    This review is from: CCSP Cisco Secure PIX Firewall Advanced Exam Certification Guide (CCSP Self-Study) (Hardcover) Just took the exam and passed - barely. If I hadn't taken the actual Cisco training class I would have failed and this book would have been the prime reason. The exam was MUCH more in depth on a NUMBER of areas that the book did not even being to go deeper then about a paragraph into, if at all. This book was poorly written, difficult to use, the examples were horrible and it CERTAINLY WAS NO USE FOR EXAM PREP - DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK. The Pix FOS is already pretty unfriendly (compared to IOS) and a book that didn't just show you the help output and then break the option into tables (which looked lifted from CCO) would have been a big help - you know, something with actual explanations of how things are configured an such. This book was nowhere near this and a real disappointment, especially since it's a "Cisco Press" book. What the book turned out to be is was a hack job that was poorly put together, inaccurate, and useless for exam prep - which is horrible since it is... Read more Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  Was this review helpful to you?  Report abuse | Permalink  Comment

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Index

Download - 105 KB -- Index

Table of Contents

Introduction.


1. Network Security.

Downloadable Sample Chapter

Download - 294 KB -- Chapter 6: Getting Started with the Cisco PIX Firewall

Errata

Errata -- 62 KB