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User Guide for Cisco Security Manager 4.4
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Chapter 1 Getting Started with Security Manager
Product Overview
Security Manager Policy Feature Sets
Security Manager provides the following primary feature sets for configuration policies:
• Firewall Services
Configuration and management of firewall policies across multiple platforms, including IOS
routers, ASA/PIX devices, and Catalyst Firewall Service Modules (FWSMs). Features include:
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Access control rules—Permit or deny traffic on interfaces through the use of access control lists
for both IPv4 and IPv6 traffic.
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Botnet Traffic Filter rules—(ASA only.) Filter traffic based on known malware sites and
optionally drop traffic based on threat level.
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Inspection rules—Filter TCP and UDP packets based on application-layer protocol session
information.
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AAA/Authentication Proxy rules—Filter traffic based on authentication and authorization for
users who log into the network or access the Internet through HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, or Telnet
sessions.
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Web filtering rules—Use URL filtering software, such as Websense, to deny access to specific
web sites.
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ScanSafe Web Security—(Routers only.) Redirect HTTP/HTTPS traffic to the ScanSafe web
security center for content scanning and malware protection services.
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Transparent firewall rules—Filter layer-2 traffic on transparent or bridged interfaces.
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Zone-based firewall rules—Configure access, inspection, and web filtering rules based on zones
rather than on individual interfaces.
For more information, see Chapter 12, “Introduction to Firewall Services”.
• Site-to-Site VPN
Setup and configuration of IPsec site-to-site VPNs. Multiple device types can participate in a single
VPN, including IOS routers, PIX/ASA devices, and Catalyst VPN Service Modules. Supported VPN
topologies are:
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Point to point
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Hub and spoke
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Full mesh
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Extranet (a point-to-point connection to an unmanaged device)
Supported IPsec technologies are:
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Regular IPsec
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GRE
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GRE Dynamic IP
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DMVPN
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Easy VPN
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GET VPN
For more information, see Chapter 24, “Managing Site-to-Site VPNs: The Basics”.
• Remote Access VPN
