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CCNA Security 210-260 Certification Guide

By : Glen D. Singh, Michael Vinod, Vijay Anandh
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CCNA Security 210-260 Certification Guide

By: Glen D. Singh, Michael Vinod, Vijay Anandh

Overview of this book

With CCNA Security certification, a network professional can demonstrate the skills required to develop security infrastructure, recognize threats and vulnerabilities to networks, and mitigate security threats. The CCNA Security 210-260 Certification Guide will help you grasp the fundamentals of network security and prepare you for the Cisco CCNA Security Certification exam. You’ll begin by getting a grip on the fundamentals of network security and exploring the different tools available. Then, you’ll see how to securely manage your network devices by implementing the AAA framework and configuring different management plane protocols. Next, you’ll learn about security on the data link layer by implementing various security toolkits. You’ll be introduced to various firewall technologies and will understand how to configure a zone-based firewall on a Cisco IOS device. You’ll configure a site-to-site VPN on a Cisco device and get familiar with different types of VPNs and configurations. Finally, you’ll delve into the concepts of IPS and endpoint security to secure your organization’s network infrastructure. By the end of this book, you’ll be ready to take the CCNA Security Exam (210-260).
Table of Contents (19 chapters)

Control Plane Policing

Several security-related products, such as firewalls and an access-list in the router, help the administrator to protect moving through the router or the network. Control Plane Policing (CoPP) defines rules and policies to prevent attacks that are bound to the router. This is a Cisco—IOS feature that is specially designed for users to manage the flow of traffic that is handled by the RP (short for route processor). This helps to stop unnecessary traffic that was not processed by the route processor, thereby increasing security. CoPP sets policies to limit the attack caused directly to the router's interface using the IP address of the interface.

The primary responsibility of the Cisco IOS router is to forward IP packets to their destinations, it is also responsible for processing the traffic of the control and management planes. CoPP policies...