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So it's no secret that the Cisco ASA code version 8.0(2) and (3) have been out for a bit. What's the big deal if you are an SNPA student?  To start lets take a look at what is currently in SNPA version 5.0:

• Basic Configuration
• addressing and address translations
• Access-lists
• What can pass thru this machine
• AAA
• Who are you?  What can you do? What did you do?
• Routing and Switching
• Static Routes, OSPF, RIP, VLANS, Multicast Routing
• Modular Policy Framework
• The real power of the ASA
• IPSec VPN
• Site-to-site and “Easy” VPN
• Review of SNPA 5.0 (cont)
• SSL VPN
• The new wave of VPN using a web browser
• Failover
• for redundancy
• Transparent Firewalls
• hides the firewall
• ASDM
• GUI interface
• IPS Module
• Really in the IPS class- this is getting the ASA to talk to the module)
• System Maintenance
• License Keys, Upgrades, Backup

 Now lets look at some of the new 8.x stuff:        

• Bulk of New Features related to VPN
• Some other enhancements to firewall features
• AnyConnect VPN which is A VPN Client that works on Vista, MAC, Linux, etc.
• EIGRP, Just like on the Routers
• TLS Proxy for Encrypted Voice Inspection which is New part of the Modular Policy Framework
• NAC
• Threat Detection which is a New Feature in the code that detects attacks and scans auto-magically!  When it sees attacks it alerts you.
• Secure Logging, This is a feature many people are be interested in
• Interface Redundancy which is Kinda like sub-interfaces but not.
• HA Remote Command Execution which lets you Execute Commands to a remote device when doing Active/Active failover
• IPS virtualization where the ASA can use more that one IPS device (handy when in multiple context mode)
• Transparent Mode NAT so Now you can do NAT when operating in transparent mode.
• Object Group Enhancements including a New Service Object
• Live Hit count on ACLs in ADSM which is Just a really cool feature!
• Local CA Server
• and finally User Differentiation which lets you differentiate between local users and remote-access users.

So again, Whats the big deal?  It's a big deal because there are a number of enhancements that are not covered in the current SNPA course nor on the exam….but they will be soon!

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