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In this tutorial , I will discuss IEEE 802.1X Port-Based Access Control Using Authentication from Cisco Secure ACS 5.X using dynamic VLAN assignment.The basic idea behind the standard is to authenticate and authorize before a user can connect to the physical or logical port of a Layer 2 device in order to gain access to [...]

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Cisco has taken the lid off by announcing CCIE Data Center certification, which will validate expert knowledge of implementing and troubleshooting Data Center Technologies. Initially, this exam will be available in Beta version . Here is the snippet from original announcement : The beta version of the CCIE Data Center Written Exam v3.0 (351-080) will [...]

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As you might know, Beginning Cisco ASA version 8.3, the Network Address Translation (NAT) configuration has been dramatically redesigned to allow for greater flexibility. Major advantage of this new approach is to use Real IP addresses instead of Mapped IP addresses for numerous different applications & features ( interface ACLs, MPF , botnet traffic filter [...]

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