This subject provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary to secure and expand the reach of an enterprise network to teleworkers and remote sites with focus on securing remote access and VPN client configuration. The subject covers topics on Cisco hierarchical network model as it pertains to the WAN, teleworker configuration and access, frame mode MPLS, site-to-site IPSEC VPN, Cisco EZVPN, strategies used to mitigate network attacks, Cisco device hardening and IOS firewall features.
No offerings have been identified for this subject in 2018.
SY/US
One session
School of Computing and Mathematics
Available to students enrolled in Master of Networking and System Administration and Master of Management (Information Technology) only
ITI500
- be able to implement basic teleworker services;
- be able to describe Cable (HFC) technologies;
- be able to describe xDSL technologies;
- be able to verify basic teleworker configurations;
- be able to implement Frame-Mode MPLS;
- be able to describe the components and operation of Frame-Mode MPLS (e.g., packet-based MPLS VPNs);
- be able to configure and verify Frame-Mode MPLS;
- be able to implement a site-to-site IPSec VPN;
- be able to describe the components and operations of IPSec VPNs and GRE Tunnels;
- be able to configure a site-to-site IPSec VPN/GRE Tunnel with SDM (i.e., preshared key);
- be able to verify IPSec/GRE Tunnel configurations (i.e., IOS CLI configurations);
- be able to describe, configure, and verify VPN backup interfaces;
- be able to describe and configure Cisco Easy VPN solutions using SDM;
- be able to describe network security strategies;
- be able to describe and mitigate common network attacks (i.e., reconnaissance, access, and Denial of Service);
- be able to describe, configure, and verify AAA for Cisco Routers;
- be able to describe and configure threat and attack mitigation using ACLs;
- be able to describe and configure IOS secure management features (e.g., SSH, SNMP, SYSLOG, NTP, Role-Based CLI, etc.);
- be able to implement Cisco IOS firewall;
- be able to verify Cisco IOS Firewall configurations (i.e., IOS CLI configurations, SDM Monitor). Describe and configure Cisco IOS IPS;
- be able to describe the functions and operations of IDS and IPS systems (e.g., IDS/IPS signatures, IPS Alarms, etc.);
- be able to configure Cisco IOS IPS using SDM.
Based on CCNP subject : Building Remote Access Networks
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The information contained in the 2018 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: August 2018. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.