Reference no: EM132404876
M5A2: Hands-on Lab: Cisco Router Hardening
After the lab exercise, a report should be prepared showing the steps taken along with screenshots. Note the following points while preparing the report:
• The report will be a Word document.
• Describe the steps performed and provide a brief explanation of each step.
• Include screenshots of all the steps - either the commands entered at the command-line or the options selected through the GUI.
Be sure to use quality references to substantiate your responses.
The hands-on-lab exercises are designed to provide students with real-time experience in the cyber security domain.
The basic system requirements for this activity are given below:
• CPU: Intel Pentium 4, 2.53 GHz or equivalent
• OS: Microsoft Windows 7, 8.1, 10, Ubuntu Linux 12.04 LTS or 14.04 LTS
• RAM: 512 MB Free
• Storage: 400 MB of free disk space (No tutorials)
• Display resolution: 800 x 600
• Adobe Flash Player
• Language fonts supporting Unicode encoding (if viewing in languages other than English)
• Latest video card drivers and operating system updates
Prerequisites
Set up a system with Cisco packet tracer installed. Please refer to the following resource:
• Cisco Packet Tracer software 6.3 download
• Lucero, P. C. (2013, April 10). A basic tutorial on Packet Tracer
Please perform the following steps:
Create a small network consisting of a router and one end user device in Packet Tracer.
Note: you may use the configuration from the lab exercise completed in Module 3. The image below shows a router and a server that are connected in Packet Tracer software.
Complete the following objectives:
1. Enable the NTP service on the server and configure the Cisco router to use this server for time synchronization.
2. Change the time on the NTP server and show that the time on the router has also changed.
3. Explain with references the security advantages of configuring NTP this way.
4. Enable the Syslog service on the server and configure the Cisco router to send its logs to this server. Show that the logs appearing on the Syslog server.
5. Explain why sending the device logs to another server is a recommended configuration. List at least four good practices for log management.
6. What is SNMP used for? Configure SNMP on the router.
7. What measures will you take to securely configure SNMP?
8. Finally, list three other secure configuration measures for routers. Provide quality references and explain your configuration measures in detail.
After making changes in the configuration, do not forget to save the changes in NVRAM.
The length of your assignment should be 3 to 5 pages, and you should include at least three quality references.
Attachment:- Cisco Router Hardening.rar
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