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Chapter 5. Cisco Device Hardening

• Mitigating Network Attacks 43

• Disabling Unused Cisco Router Network Services and Interfaces 45

• Securing Cisco Router Installations and Administrative Access 47

• Privilege Levels 50

• Configuring Banner Messages 50

• Role-Based CLI 50

• Cisco IOS Resilient Configuration 51

• Mitigating Threats and Attacks with Access Lists 51

• Securing Management and Reporting Features 53

• Configuring AAA on Cisco Routers 56

Because of their important role in packet forwarding, Cisco routers make attractive targets for network attacks. This chapter reviews how to harden Cisco devices against the most common types of attacks.

Mitigating Network Attacks

Before starting to harden Cisco devices against attack, you need to understand the types of attacks ...