How to find a hidden graph that shows your Cisco Firepower IPS “Would have Dropped” events
This Tidbit of the Day will provide cool features of Cisco Firepower/FTD in just a couple minutes! In this Tidbit of the Day (TOD), I will show you how to…
Which IPS Rules does Cisco Enabled on your Firepower System? Think you know? Part II
In the late 1990’s Dale Carnegie wrote what would become one of the most famous and popular business books ever to be written: “How to Win Friends & Influence People”. I…
Is Cisco Firepower/FTD 6.4 code ready for production?
This is a follow up blog from my initial writeup on the release of Cisco Firepower/FTD 6.4 code release. I mention in that blog that I had class that week…
The Quiet Release of the New Cisco Firepower/FTD 6.4 Code
The new Cisco Firepower 6.4 code has some great features. Something for Cisco to be proud of, and I’ll list a few of the top ones in this short article….
Can Law Enforcement use Cisco devices to spy on you? Yes they can!
Are Law Enforcement Agencies using your equipment to spy on you or others without you even knowing? Possibly! Lawful intercept is a process that enables a Law Enforcement Agency (LEA)…
Which IPS Rules does Cisco Enable on your Firepower System? Think you know? You’re probably wrong!
So, think you know what IPS rules are enabled on your Firepower system, and do you feel comfortable with Cisco’s defaults and sleep well at night? This blog may just…
Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) devices are expensive! Which one should you get?
This post goes hand-in-hand with my FMC blog Cisco FTD devices are expensive!…and they are announcing new more expensive one’s next week…here are the current as of right now: Cisco’s…
Cisco Firepower Management Centers (FMCs) are expensive! Which one should you get?
In all my travels, I go to a whole heck of lot of customers with various Firepower gear and different FMC’s. What I have found is that most of my…
Cisco FXOS/FTD ICMP/PING delay in few packets while passing through FTD: CSCvo80715
…So in the last month, I had a couple customers that saw wildly different ICMP/PING delays when testing through an FTD box, however, I couldn’t replicate the issue on FTD…
Cisco’s TLS 1.3 Problem: Cisco Bug CSCvn57284 – Unsupported EC curve x25519 on Firepower/FTD
Cisco Bug CSCvn57284 – Unsupported EC curve x25519 on FTD I just started running into this the last couple of days. About 1/3rd of the SSL websites I try to…
New Horrible bug hits Cisco ASA/Firepower/FTD Devices
I just can’t post all the bugs and fixes from Cisco, but over the last day or so Cisco has received thousands of calls on this bug – almost more…