Networking > Router firewall security > Part II: Managing Access to Routers > Chapter 4. Disabling Unnecessary Services > Summary

This chapter showed you how to disable both global and interface services that can cause security problems for your network, including reconnaissance, DoS, and access attacks. The first part of the chapter discussed how to do this manually; the second part discussed how to do this dynamically with the AutoSecure configuration script. AutoSecure disables insecure services and also secures traffic as it passes through your router. It does this by enabling services such as CBAC, extended ACLs, CEF, and others.

Next up is Chapter 5, which shows you how to centralize your AAA functions on your router by using an external security server.