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That is exactly what I thought. Thanks
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Thanks for the grade. Good luck on your tasks.
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Thanks for the grade. Good luck on your tasks.

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I think I know the answer to this question but is there any reason whatsoever to have an allow any any ip statement on the outside interface? I am taking over some firewalls from a previous tech and my first instinct is to remove every instance of that rule in any ASA I find it in but I wanted to quadruple check that with the rest of you guys.
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I think I know the answer to this question but is there any reason whatsoever to have an allow any any ip statement on the outside interface? I am taking over some firewalls from a previous tech and my first instinct is to remove every instance of that rule in any ASA I find it in but I wanted to quadruple check that with the rest of you guys.

Cisco ASA ACL rules

Cisco PIX is a dedicated hardware firewall appliance; the Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) is a firewall and anti-malware security appliance that provides unified threat management and protection the PIX does not. Other Cisco devices and systems include routers, switches, storage networking, wireless and the software and hardware for PIX Firewall Manager (PFM), PIX Device Manager (PDM) and Adaptive Security Device Manager (ASDM).

Cisco

Hardware-based firewalls provide more sophisticated protection for inbound and outbound traffic than the simple Windows software firewall or the basic NAT firewalls found in routers. These devices implement techniques such as stateful packet inspection, deep packet inspection, and content filtering; and may include built-in antivirus and anti-malware protection.

Hardware Firewalls

Network design and methodology, also known as network architecture, is the design of a communication network. It is a framework for the specification of a network's physical components and their functional organization and configuration, its operational principles and procedures, as well as data formats used in its operation. In telecommunication, the specification of a network architecture may also include a detailed description of products and services delivered via a communications network, as well as detailed rate and billing structures under which services are compensated.