Friday 28 May 2010

Cisco and SonicWall

Model Stateful VPN Gateway Anti- Content Intrusion
Throughput Throughput Anti-Virus Spam Filtering Protection
Cisco ASA 5505* 150 Mps 100 Mps x x x
TZ 210 200 Mps 75 Mps
Cisco ASA 5510* 300 Mps 170 Mps x x x
NSA 2400 775 Mps 300 Mps
Cisco ASA 5520* 450 Mps 225 Mps x x x
NSA 4500 2750 Mps 1000 Mps
Cisco ASA 5540* 650 Mps 325 Mps x x x
NSA E5500 3900 Mps 1700 Mps
Cisco ASA 5550* 1200 Mps 425 Mps x x x
NSA E6500 5000 Mps 2700 Mps
Cisco ASA 5580* 5000 Mps 1000 Mps x x x
NSA E7500 5600 Mps 3000 Mps

Friday 14 May 2010

CCIE Security Written


CCIE™ Security Written 350-018

Candidates planing to appear in exam after 12 th of August 2010 need to prepare for Version 3 blueprint for CCIE security Written , I have comparison between V2 and V3 blueprints , and it dosent seems to be a huge difference between the blueprints.

Any feedback would be appreciated


CCIE Security Ver 2

CCIE Security Ver 3

Duration 2 Hrs

2Hrs

Questions 100

100

General Networking

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Tunneling Protocols (GRE, NHRP)

Security Protocols, Ciphers and Hash Algorithms

PGP, DSS

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GDOI

Application Protocols

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HTTPS , DHCP

Security Technologies

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DMVPN

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GET VPN

Adaptive Threat Defense (ATD)

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Cisco Secure Appliances and Applications

PIX

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Cisco VPN 3000 Series Concentrators

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Cisco Traffic Anomaly Detectors

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Cisco Guard DDoS Mitigation Appliance

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Cisco Traffic Anomaly Detector Module & Cisco Guard Service Module

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Cisco IOS Firewall (CBAC, Zone-Based, PAM)

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Cisco SSL VPN

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Cisco IOS AAA

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Cisco AnyConnect VPN Client

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Cisco VPN Client

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Cisco Secure Desktop (CSD)

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Cisco Network Admission Control (NAC) Appliance

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Cisco Security Agent (CSA)

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Cisco Security Monitoring, Analysis and Response System (MARS)

Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Security Modules (FWSM, IDSM, VPNSM, WebVPN, SSL modules

Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Security Services Modules (FWSM, IDSM-2, VPNSPA)

Cisco Secure Management

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IDM

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IME

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CCP

Security Solutions

Theft of Information

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DNS Security

Security General

Information Security Standards (ISO 17799, ISO 27001, BS7799)

Information Security Standards e.g. ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 27002)

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Industry/Regulatory Compliance (e.g. SOX, HIPAA, GLBA, PCI DSS, FISMA