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UC520 Version 4.2.9 and Cisco Configuration Assistant 1.8 Released Today!

2009-03-08T02:28:16Z

The SBCS UC520 Software Pack upgrades the following components to the following versions.

CME Release: 4.2
CUE Release: 3.2.1
IOS Release: 12.4(11)XW9

New features included:
a) New CUE release 3.2.1
b) The phone loads pack 4.2.9 contains phone loads for the new CP-521SG and CP-524SG IP Phones
c) TAPI support for the 500 series IP Phones
d) The phone loads pack 4.2.9 contains phone loads release 1.2.1 for CP-7921G IP Phones
e) Support for upgrade license SL-UC520-64UPG= that allows to upgrade a 48-user system to a 64-user system
f) Support for upgrade license SL-UC520-32UPG= that allows to upgrade a 24-user system to a 32-user system
g) Support for upgrade license SL-UC520-24-48UPG= that allows to upgrade a 24-user system to a 48-user system
h) Cisco Logo background image for color IP Phones

The CCA 1.8 release features major enhancements to improve configuration of security, voice, wireless and system features of the platforms within SBCS.

Some of the feature highlights in this release include:

Voice
- Cisco Unified IP Phones CP-521SG & CP-524SG w/integrated PC switch ports
- Cisco Unified IP Conference Phone 7937G & Cisco Unified IP Phone Expansion Modules 7915/16**
- Phone Button Labels
- Restart phones from topology view
- SIP trunk: Change order of custom access control list entries (ACE) applied to WAN interface

Security
- Cisco Secure Router 520 Series with Advanced (Zone-based) firewall and Secure Socket Layer (SSL) VPN
- Split-tunnel & Internet access through VPN tunnel modes in both SR500 and UC500 series
- Automatic VoIP pass-through with SR500 ADSL or Fastethernet WAN termination for UC500
- Display dynamically allocated WAN address in UC500 & SR500 VPN server configuration

Wireless
- Increase maximum to 10 autonomous AP System
- Data VLAN IP address change & DHCP server configuration in devicesetup wizard
- Support upgrade to UC500 64 user license
- Progress bars for software upgrade
- Add CCA version and date/time stamp on UC500 configuration

All current users with a valid support contract are eligible for this upgrade. If you do not have a valid support contract and want to upgrade, give us a call at 866-99VINCI and we can help you out.

Cisco Web Application Firewall meets Payment Card Industry PCI Data Security Standard DSS version 1.1 requirements

2009-03-08T02:32:42Z

In response to increased identity theft incidents and security breaches, major credit card companies have collaborated to create the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS), which is a series of requirements to streamline and standardize how companies store and access credit card information.

The Cisco ACE Web Application Firewall helps organizations that store, process, and transmit credit card data to comply with the PCI DSS requirements. Because of its unique blend of HTML and XML security, the Cisco ACE Web Application Firewall provides a full compliance solution for the PCI DSS version 1.1's requirements in sections 6.5 and 6.6.

Section 6.6 in particular mandates that any organization handling, processing, or storing credit card information must install a Web application firewall by June 30, 2008 to protect applications against the OWASP Top 10 attacks (http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Top_10_2007.)

The Cisco ACE Web Application Firewall provides full compliance with the latest's PCI requirements by securing and protecting Web applications from common attacks, such as:

Identity theft,
data theft,
application disruption,
fraud,
and targeted attacks.

These attacks may include:

cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks,
SQL and command injection,
privilege escalation,
cross-site request forgeries (CSRFs),
buffer overflows,
cookie tampering,
and denial of service (DoS) attacks

New Pricing on Cisco ASA 5510 with IPS

2009-03-08T02:36:34Z

New Price Drop for Cisco ASA 5510 with IPS Bundles and Spares
http://www.cisco.com/go/asaips

Cisco announces price drop of Cisco ASA5510-AIP10 solution, AIP-SSM10, AIP-SSM20 and orderability of new ASA 5500 IPS solution bundles. The new lower prices are very attractive to customers looking to enhance their firewall security or desiring to meet compliance mandates. The new ASA 5500 IPS solution bundles with Sec Plus license greatly simplify ordering. The new ASA5510-AIP20 Sec Plus solution provides performance-matched IPS and firewall in a single integrated appliance.

The new prices are effective September 23, 2008. We expect first customer ship on the new bundles to take place in approximately two weeks.

Product Description	Product ID	New LP ($US)	Old LP ($US)
Price Drop
ASA 5510 with AIP-SSM10	ASA5510-AIP10-K9 ASA5510-AIP10-K8	$5,995	$7,995
AIP-SSM10	ASA-SSM-AIP-10-K9	$5,000	$6,000
AIP-SSM20	ASA-SSM-AIP-20-K9	$9,000	$10,000
New ASA 5500 IPS Solutions
ASA 5510 with AIP-SSM10 and Sec Plus license	ASA5510-AIP10SP-K9 ASA5510-AIP10SP-K8	$6,995
ASA 5510 with AIP-SSM20 and Sec Plus license	ASA5510-AIP20SP-K9 ASA5510-AIP20SP-K8	$9,995

Intuitive, powerful, and secure, the Cisco ASA 5500 IPS solution provides market-leading firewall, IPS, and VPN in a single integrated appliance. Cisco IPS greatly enhances firewall security and protects against over 30,000 threats. The IPS capabilities of Cisco ASA 5500 Series are uniquely hardware accelerated, so turning on IPS does not impact the host firewall or VPN throughput. Management is simple with easy-to-use Cisco IPS Manager Express (IME). These models listed above are positioned for SMBs, mid-market and branch offices.

Driven by increasing compliance mandates (PCI, HIPAA, FFIEC) and growing customer security awareness and demand, the Cisco ASA 55500 IPS solution has experienced tremendous growth the last few years. These new lower prices and easy-to-order bundles make it easier for customers to save money, meet ever-increasing compliance requirements and keep threats out, company data in.

Additional Information
Cisco ASA 5500 Series Website: www.cisco.com/go/asaips
Cisco IPS Manager Express Website: www.cisco.com/go/ime
Cisco IPS Website: www.cisco.com/go/ips

Catalyst 6500 sup720 Bootflash Upgrade

2009-03-08T02:40:29Z

Cat6500-SUP720#remote command switch sho version | include ROM
ROM: System Bootstrap, Version 8.5(2)
System returned to ROM by reload at 18:14:28 ET Sat Apr 19 2008

Cat6500-SUP720#copy disk0:s72033-ipservicesk9_wan-mz.122-18.SXF7.bin sup-bootflash:
Destination filename [s72033-ipservicesk9_wan-mz.122-18.SXF7.bin]?
Copy in progress...CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
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81764868 bytes copied in 258.748 secs (316002 bytes/sec)
Cat6500-SUP720#conf t
Cat6500-SUP720(config)no boot system flash disk0:s72033-ipservicesk9_wan-mz.122-18.SXF7.bin
Cat6500-SUP720(config)boot system flash sup-bootflash:s72033-ipservicesk9_wan-mz.122-18.SXF7.bin
Cat6500-SUP720(config)^Z
Cat6500-SUP720#wr me
Building configuration...
[OK]
Cat6500-SUP720#reload reload to boot off of sup-bootflash:
Proceed with reload? [confirm]

Cat6500-SUP720#sho ver
Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software
IOS (tm) s72033_rp Software (s72033_rp-IPSERVICESK9_WAN-M), Version 12.2(18)SXF7, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
Technical Support: http://www.cisco.com/techsupport
Copyright (c) 1986-2006 by cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Thu 23-Nov-06 06:42 by kellythw
Image text-base: 0x40101040, data-base: 0x42D98000

ROM: System Bootstrap, Version 12.2(17r)S4, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
BOOTLDR: s72033_rp Software (s72033_rp-IPSERVICESK9_WAN-M), Version 12.2(18)SXF7, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)

Cat6500-SUP720 uptime is 5 minutes
Time since Cat6500-SUP720 switched to active is 4 minutes
System returned to ROM by reload at 16:05:46 UTC Mon Feb 4 2008 (SP by reload)
System restarted at 05:18:48 ET Sun May 11 2008
System image file is "sup-bootflash:s72033-ipservicesk9_wan-mz.122-18.SXF7.bin"

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States and local country laws governing import, export, transfer and
use. Delivery of Cisco cryptographic products does not imply
third-party authority to import, export, distribute or use encryption.
Importers, exporters, distributors and users are responsible for
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agree to comply with applicable laws and regulations. If you are unable
to comply with U.S. and local laws, return this product immediately.

A summary of U.S. laws governing Cisco cryptographic products may be found at:
http://www.cisco.com/wwl/export/crypto/tool/stqrg.html

If you require further assistance please contact us by sending email to
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cisco WS-C6506 (R7000) processor (revision 3.0) with 458720K/65536K bytes of memory.
Processor board ID TSC0728007H
SR71000 CPU at 600Mhz, Implementation 0x504, Rev 1.2, 512KB L2 Cache
Last reset from s/w reset
SuperLAT software (copyright 1990 by Meridian Technology Corp).
X.25 software, Version 3.0.0.
Bridging software.
TN3270 Emulation software.
14 Virtual Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 interfaces
82 Gigabit Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 interfaces
4 Ten Gigabit Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 interfaces
1917K bytes of non-volatile configuration memory.
8192K bytes of packet buffer memory.

65536K bytes of Flash internal SIMM (Sector size 512K).
Configuration register is 0x2102

Cat6500-SUP720#

Tech Target NAC Article

2009-03-08T02:44:11Z

Tech Target's article "Introduction to the benefits of NAC" published today.

Read it here: NAC Article

It turned out to be much more of an introduction than we are used to, but sometimes we have been known to assume readers want more technical information from the start, but we'd like to know what you think.

Network Access Control NAC Mini-series

2009-03-08T02:48:49Z

I was interviewed today as a subject matter expert for an upcoming NAC online mini-series.

Cisco's NAC solution allows organizations to enforce security policies for endpoints connecting to the network. The NAC appliance determines if the endpoint meets the requirements for software firewall, antivirus and patch levels. Endpoints that meet the established criteria are allowed access to the network, where endpoints that do not meet the requirements are placed on remediation network, where they can be brought up to compliance for access to the network.

It was good to talk about some of the lesser known components of Cisco's NAC line, such as the NAC Guest Server. The Cisco NAC Network Module makes NAC available to the SMB market. You can find out more about Cisco's NAC solutions at www.cisco.com/go/nac

Cisco Smart Business Communications (SBCS) DemoBox Arrives

2009-03-08T02:51:42Z

We recieved our Cisco Smart Business Communications (SBCS) DemoBox last week. The kit includes:

• Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express
• Cisco Unity ® Express
• Cisco Unified Call Connector for Microsoft Office
• Cisco Unified IP Communicator
• Cisco Configuration Assistant
• Cisco Unified Communications 520 appliance with secure data and wireless networking
• Cisco access point antenna
• Cisco Unified IP Phone 7931G and 7970G
• Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7921G

Cisco Unified Communications 520 for Small Business includes:

• Full array of end-user phone and system calling features
• Voice messaging with Cisco Unity® Express
• 4 FXO
• Automated attendant
• Windows GUI-based Cisco Configuration Assistant
for complete system setup, customization and
management, onsite or remote
• Cisco IOS® Firewall
• Cisco Easy VPN Remote and Server support
• Standard 802.1x support on integrated switching
• Network Address Translation (NAT)
• Wireless LAN connectivity with enhanced security

Stay tuned for more once I get a chance to roll up my sleeves and really play with it.