[x]
Posted via EE Mobile

Search, ask, and monitor your questions on the go with EE Mobile. Visit Experts Exchange from your mobile device and never be out of touch again.
Question
[x]
Attachment Details
[x]
The Solution Rating System

With so many solutions, how can you tell which solutions are most likely to help you and which ones are not? To provide you with a tool to use, we rate our solutions based on various elements that most accurately determine if a solution is a quality solution. To explain what factors affect the solution rating, here are the elements we take into consideration when formulating our solution rating.

  • The Grade of the Solution
  • The Zone Rank of the Expert Providing the Solution
  • The Number of Author and Expert Comments
  • The Number of Experts Contributing
  • The Feedback of the Community

Your Input Matters
Because of the way the system is set up, the most important variable in this equation is you. As a member of Experts Exchange, you are able to cast your vote on the quality of the solutions in regard to how complete, accurate, helpful and easy to understand each solution is. When you provide your feedback, each rating is adjusted accordingly. So, if you see a solution that has a poor rating that you think is a good solution, let us know by rating it. As you do, the rating will be adjusted and will become more accurate for other members of our site.

If you have any suggestions that you would like to make for our rating system, please ask a question in the Suggestions Zone of Community Support.

Thank you!
8.2

Use ASDM to manage IPS SSM-10 on ASA5510

Asked by dstj in Cisco PIX Firewall, Networking Hardware Firewalls, Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS)

Tags: Cisco ASA5510, ASDM, SSM-10, IPS

Hi experts, I'm very new to ASA5510 configuration (I use ASDM GUI mainly) Here's my problem as clearly as I can explain it::

I can access ASDM for the firewall management via VPN, but I cannot access the IPS tab to manage the SSM-10 module. I always get a message stating :"Error connecting to sensor. Error Loading Sensor".

If I SSH to the ASA, I can do "asa# session 1" to access the SSM, so I know it's there and up.

What I am trying to achieve ultimately is this : administrate the whole ASA via a VPN connection coming from the WAN.

The only way I managed to get access to the IPS tab was by having the ASA's management port, the SSM's management port and my PC all connected on the same switch. This won't work in my production environment since it's off-site.

So what I need to know is:
1- How should the network cables be physically connected once in production? Is there a way to manage the IPS with ASDM using the internal backplane or do I absolutely need to have the IPS's management port connected to some other ASA's port via a router. If so, which port (management or another)? My VPN connection will come from the WAN.

2- What IP address should the IPS use if my VPN address pool is 172.16.1.100-199 ?

3- What should be my Management Access Interface? Right now it's the "management" port.

4- Any specific firewall rules need to access the IPS?

Hope you can help me. If you need more details, just let me know.

dstj.
-----------------------
Here is my ASA port configuration :

interface Ethernet0/0
 speed 100
 duplex full
 nameif outside
 security-level 0
 ip address dhcp setroute
!
interface Ethernet0/1
 nameif dmz
 security-level 50
 ip address 192.168.10.1 255.255.255.0
!
interface Ethernet0/2
 nameif inside
 security-level 100
 ip address 192.168.20.1 255.255.255.0
!
interface Ethernet0/3
 nameif corpo
 security-level 75
 ip address 192.168.30.1 255.255.255.0
!
interface Management0/0
 nameif management
 security-level 100
 ip address 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0
 management-only
!

Here is the IPS current configuration (got via SSH):

service host
network-settings
host-ip 192.168.1.2/24,192.168.1.1
host-name sensor
telnet-option disabled
access-list 172.16.1.0/24
access-list 192.168.1.0/24
exit
time-zone-settings
offset 0
standard-time-zone-name UTC
exit
exit
...
service web-server
port 443
exit

[+][-]10/20/09 07:43 AM, ID: 25614673Accepted Solution

View this solution now by starting your 30-day free trial. Setting up your free trial is quick, easy, and secure. We will return you to this solution, unlocked, when you're done.

About this solution

Zones: Cisco PIX Firewall, Networking Hardware Firewalls, Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS)
Tags: Cisco ASA5510, ASDM, SSM-10, IPS
Sign Up Now!
Solution Provided By: dstj
Participating Experts: 1
Solution Grade: A
 
[+][-]10/19/09 09:13 PM, ID: 25611023Expert Comment

At Experts Exchange, members can ask their questions to thousands of technology professionals, also known as Experts. Experts compete and collaborate to answer those questions by leaving comments like this one.

Start your 30-day free trial to view this Expert Comment or ask the Experts your question.

 
[+][-]10/20/09 08:00 AM, ID: 25614848Expert Comment

At Experts Exchange, members can ask their questions to thousands of technology professionals, also known as Experts. Experts compete and collaborate to answer those questions by leaving comments like this one.

Start your 30-day free trial to view this Expert Comment or ask the Experts your question.

 
[+][-]10/20/09 08:07 AM, ID: 25614948Author Comment

Often, when Experts are collaborating with members who have asked questions, they will request additional information about the problem. Askers respond with an author comment like this one.

Start your 30-day free trial to view this Author Comment or ask the Experts your question.

 
[+][-]10/20/09 08:18 AM, ID: 25615070Author Comment

Often, when Experts are collaborating with members who have asked questions, they will request additional information about the problem. Askers respond with an author comment like this one.

Start your 30-day free trial to view this Author Comment or ask the Experts your question.

 
 
Loading Advertisement...
20091111-EE-VQP-92 - Hierarchy / EE_QW_3_20080625