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CH A P T E R 15-1 Cisco Security Applia nce Command Line Configuratio n Guide OL-12172-01 15 Firewall Mode Overview This chapter describes ho w the fire wall w orks in each fire wall mode. T o set the fire wall mode, see t he “Setting T ransparent or Routed Fire wall Mode” section on page 2- 5 . Note In multiple conte xt mode, you cannot set th[...]
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15-2 Cisco Security Appliance Command Line Configuration Guide OL-12172-01 Chapter 15 Firewall Mode Overview Routed Mode Over view • An Inside User V isits a W eb Server , page 15-2 • An Outside User V isits a W eb Server on the DMZ, page 15-3 • An Inside User V isits a W eb Server on the DMZ, page 15-4 • An Outside User Attempts to Access [...]
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15-3 Cisco Security Applia nce Command Line Configuratio n Guide OL-12172-01 Chapter 15 Fi rewall Mode Overview Routed Mode Overview 3. The security appliance translat es the local so urce address (10. 1.2.27) to the global address 209.165.201.10, which is on the outside interface subnet. The global address could be o n any subnet, b ut routing is [...]
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15-4 Cisco Security Appliance Command Line Configuration Guide OL-12172-01 Chapter 15 Firewall Mode Overview Routed Mode Over view 2. The security appliance receiv es the packet and b ecause it is a new session, the security appliance verif ies that the packet is allowed according to th e terms of the security policy (access lists, f ilters, AAA). [...]
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15-5 Cisco Security Applia nce Command Line Configuratio n Guide OL-12172-01 Chapter 15 Fi rewall Mode Overview Routed Mode Overview The follo wing steps describe ho w data mo ves through the security appliance (see Figure 15-3 ): 1. A user on the inside netw ork requests a web page from the DMZ web serv er using the destination address of 10.1.1.3[...]
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15-6 Cisco Security Appliance Command Line Configuration Guide OL-12172-01 Chapter 15 Firewall Mode Overview Routed Mode Over view The follo wing steps describe ho w data mo ves through the security appliance (see Figure 15-4 ): 1. A user on the outside netw ork attempts to reach an inside host (assuming the ho st has a routable IP address). If the[...]
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15-7 Cisco Security Applia nce Command Line Configuratio n Guide OL-12172-01 Chapter 15 Fi rewall Mode Overview Transparent Mode Overview Transparent Mode Overview T raditionally , a fire wall is a routed hop and acts as a default gate way for hosts that connect to one of i ts screened subnets. A transparen t fire wall, on the other hand, is a Laye[...]
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15-8 Cisco Security Appliance Command Line Configuration Guide OL-12172-01 Chapter 15 Firewall Mode Overview Transparen t Mode Overview Passing Traffic Not Allowed in Routed Mode In routed mode, some types of traf fic cannot pass through the security appliance e ven if you allow it in an access list. The transparent fire wall, ho wev er, can allo w[...]
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15-9 Cisco Security Applia nce Command Line Configuratio n Guide OL-12172-01 Chapter 15 Fi rewall Mode Overview Transparent Mode Overview Using the Transparent Firewall in Your Network Figure 15-6 sh ows a typical transparent fire wall net work where the outside devices are on the same subnet as the inside devices. The in side router and hosts appe[...]
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15-10 Cisco Security Appliance Command Line Configuration Guide OL-12172-01 Chapter 15 Firewall Mode Overview Transparen t Mode Overview In single mode, you can only use tw o data interfaces (and the dedicated man agement interface, if av ailable) e ven if your security applia nce includes more than two interfaces. • Each directly connected netwo[...]
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15-11 Cisco Security Applia nce Command Line Configuratio n Guide OL-12172-01 Chapter 15 Fi rewall Mode Overview Transparent Mode Overview How Data Moves Through the Transparent Firewall Figure 15-7 sho ws a typical transparent fire wall impl ementation with an inside netw ork that contains a public web server . The security appliance has an acces [...]
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15-12 Cisco Security Appliance Command Line Configuration Guide OL-12172-01 Chapter 15 Firewall Mode Overview Transparen t Mode Overview An Inside User Visits a Web Server Figure 15-8 sh ows an insi de user accessing an outside web serv er . Figur e 15-8 Inside to Outside The follo wing steps describe ho w data mo ves through the security appliance[...]
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15-13 Cisco Security Applia nce Command Line Configuratio n Guide OL-12172-01 Chapter 15 Fi rewall Mode Overview Transparent Mode Overview An Inside User Visits a Web Server Using NAT Figure 15-8 sh ows an insi de user accessing an outside web serv er . Figur e 15-9 Inside to Outside with NA T The follo wing steps describe ho w data mo ves through [...]
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15-14 Cisco Security Appliance Command Line Configuration Guide OL-12172-01 Chapter 15 Firewall Mode Overview Transparen t Mode Overview 7. The security appliance performs N A T by transla ting the mapped address to the real address, 10.1.2.27. An Outside User Visits a Web Server on the Inside Network Figure 15-10 sho w s an outside user accessing [...]
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15-15 Cisco Security Applia nce Command Line Configuratio n Guide OL-12172-01 Chapter 15 Fi rewall Mode Overview Transparent Mode Overview If the destinat ion MA C address is not in t he security appliance table , the security applia nce attempts to disco ver the MA C address b y sending an ARP request and a ping. The f irst packet is dropped. 5. T[...]
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15-16 Cisco Security Appliance Command Line Configuration Guide OL-12172-01 Chapter 15 Firewall Mode Overview Transparen t Mode Overview[...]