I was asked one time how to show open TCP and UDP ports on Cisco IOS device. In *nix and Windows the command is netstat. Before 12.4(4)T IOS version, the command to show open TCP and UDP ports is show tcp brief all. From 12.4(4)T and later they have added this show control-plane host open-ports…
Tag: Cisco IOS
Test Link Speed with Ping
Ping is a useful tool to test link speed. In Cisco IOS the command is ping [destination-ip] size 1500 repeat 99999 timeout 0
Protecting Against Tampered Cisco IOS Software
Cisco Systems added a new feature called digitally signed IOS softwares starting on version 15.0(1)M. This protects against tampered Cisco IOS software distributed over the Internet. If someone downloaded this file and then loaded it on their Cisco devices that supports that image opens their network to attackers. Furthermore, attacker starts mapping your entire network,…