Section 3 – Configuring Basic Cisco Device Security

Lab 3-1Configuring Basic Password Authentication
Learn how to configure basic password authentication including Console, VTY Line and Auxiliary Line password authentication.

Lab 3-2Configuring Local User Database Authentication
In this lab you will learn how to configure a Cisco Router and/or Switch to authenticate exec sessions to a local user account database.

Lab 3-3Configuring AAA Authentication Lists
In this lab you will learn how to configure a basic AAA (Authentication, Authorization and Accounting) list used for granular authentication control of the console and vty lines.

Lab 3-4Configuring AAA Authentication via TACACS+ Server
In this lab you will learn how to configure a basic AAA list to authenticate VTY line exec sessions to a Cisco Secure Access Control Server. (TACACS+ Server)

Lab 3-5Configuring Secure Shell Virtual Terminal Access (SSH)
In this lab you’ll learn how to configure Secure Shell (SSH) on a Cisco Router or Switch using the command line.


Lab 3-6Configuring Numbered Access Control Lists
In this lab you will learn how to configure numbered standard and extended access lists on a Cisco Router and/or Switch.

Lab 3-7Configuring Named Access Control Lists
In this lab you will learn how to configure named standard and extended access control list (ACL’s) on a Cisco Router and/or Catalyst Switch.

Lab 3-8Configuring the VTY Lines Access Control List
In this lab you will learn how to configure an ACL to control specific networks and/or host access to establish an exec session via VTY lines used for remote administration.

Lab 3-9Configuring the Password Encryption Service
In this lab you will learn how to configure the password encryption service to encrypt clear text passwords using to level 7 encryption on a Cisco Router and/or Switch.


Lab 3-10Configuring an exec timeout and absolute timeout
In this lab you will learn how to configure an exec-timeout on the console and vty lines and an absolute-timeout so that all sessions will close automatically after a specific amount of time.

Lab 3-11Configuring Cisco IOS Web Server Authentication
In this lab you will learn how to configure a Cisco device to authenticate HTTP and HTTPS sessions to the local user database.

Lab 3-12Configure logging to a Remote SYSLog Server
In this lab you will learn how to configure a Cisco IOS Router and/or Switch to log all system message to a remote SYSLog Server.