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Here are some informational messages i've been getting in the ASDM syslog section (getting a lot, about 5-10 per second), but they seem to be the same ones repeating over and over. I'm not very familiar with the ASA and i'm just learning, so could someone help me understand what each message is telling me? They are all labeled as severity 6, which i guess means that they are informational messages. Here they are (minus all the IPs and domain info):
1. Built outbound TCP connection
2. Built dynamic TCP translation
3. Teardown dynamic UDP translation
4. Teardown TCP connection
Also, should i disable logging for these severity messages, or maybe enable logging for another type of severity?
Thanks so much for your help!
1. Built outbound TCP connection
2. Built dynamic TCP translation
3. Teardown dynamic UDP translation
4. Teardown TCP connection
Also, should i disable logging for these severity messages, or maybe enable logging for another type of severity?
Thanks so much for your help!
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jbarnette
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Sounds good to me. I was getting worried. Thank you.
In case you're not familiar with NAT, here is a good little explanation of what your router is doing:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/asa/asa83/asdm63/configuration_guide/nat_overview.html#wp1096010
Each computer and device within an IP network is assigned a unique IP address that identifies the host. Because of a shortage of public IPv4 addresses, most of these IP addresses are private, not routable anywhere outside of the private company network. RFC 1918 defines the private IP addresses you can use internally that should not be advertised:
•10.0.0.0 through 10.255.255.255
•172.16.0.0 through 172.31.255.255
•192.168.0.0 through 192.168.255.255
One of the main functions of NAT is to enable private IP networks to connect to the Internet. NAT replaces a private IP address with a public IP address, translating the private addresses in the internal private network into legal, routable addresses that can be used on the public Internet. In this way, NAT conserves public addresses because it can be configured to advertise only one public address for the entire network to the outside world.
Other functions of NAT include:
•Security—Keeping internal IP addresses hidden discourages direct attacks.
•IP routing solutions—Overlapping IP addresses are not a problem when you use NAT.
•Flexibility—You can change internal IP addressing schemes without affecting the public addresses available externally; for example, for a server accessible to the Internet, you can maintain a fixed IP address for Internet use, but internally, you can change the server address.
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/asa/asa83/asdm63/configuration_guide/nat_overview.html#wp1096010
Each computer and device within an IP network is assigned a unique IP address that identifies the host. Because of a shortage of public IPv4 addresses, most of these IP addresses are private, not routable anywhere outside of the private company network. RFC 1918 defines the private IP addresses you can use internally that should not be advertised:
•10.0.0.0 through 10.255.255.255
•172.16.0.0 through 172.31.255.255
•192.168.0.0 through 192.168.255.255
One of the main functions of NAT is to enable private IP networks to connect to the Internet. NAT replaces a private IP address with a public IP address, translating the private addresses in the internal private network into legal, routable addresses that can be used on the public Internet. In this way, NAT conserves public addresses because it can be configured to advertise only one public address for the entire network to the outside world.
Other functions of NAT include:
•Security—Keeping internal IP addresses hidden discourages direct attacks.
•IP routing solutions—Overlapping IP addresses are not a problem when you use NAT.
•Flexibility—You can change internal IP addressing schemes without affecting the public addresses available externally; for example, for a server accessible to the Internet, you can maintain a fixed IP address for Internet use, but internally, you can change the server address.
ASKER
Wow, great information. I'm a beginning network admin so this is perfect for understanding what's going on with our firewall and router. I'll have a look at the link and may print some of the stuff for future reference. Thanks again for your time and help, i really appreciate it!