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Publishing multiple websites on Cisco ASA

We want to replace an MS ISA server by a Cisco ASA 5505 Firewall.
In the protected network there are two servers that host different websites that need to be published to the outside world.
Easy enough to do from ISA server, but I can't see how to configure the ASA.
I am not a Cisco wizard, so I prefer to use ASDM, rather than the command line interface.
Is there anyone who knows about an easy step-by-step manual on how to publish (multiple) websites on Cisco ASA?
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Will each inside server have its own public static IP assigned?

I'm not an ASDM wizard but can give you the copy/paste lines if you have telnet/ssh/console access.
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At the moment there is a single external IP address. On ISA server there is no problem as you can publish websites by there public name. So as I understand on the ASA you always need an IP address for every website?
Does that also mean I will lose an internal interface for every website I want to publish?
Or can I configure more than one IP address on an outside interface?
With the ASA, you can use one public IP for multiple websites as long as there is only one private IP hosting the multiple websites.

The ASA does not do port forwarding by DNS.

If you have multiple public IPs, one goes on the external interface and then you create a static entry using the other public IPs from that same netblock.  You don't want secondary IPs on the public interface.

static (inside, outside) PUBLIC_IP PRIVATE_IP netmask 255.255.255.255
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Thanks, I know what I have to do now!