Cisco ASA Series Cli Configuration Manual page 158

Firewall Mode Examples
An Inside User Visits a Web Server Using NAT
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The following steps describe how data moves through the ASA (see
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shows an inside user accessing an outside web server.
Inside to Outside with NAT
www.example.com
Static route on router
to 209.165.201.0/27
through security appliance
Security
appliance
The user on the inside network requests a web page from www.example.com.
The ASA receives the packet and adds the source MAC address to the MAC address table, if
required. Because it is a new session, it verifies that the packet is allowed according to the terms of
the security policy (access lists, filters, AAA).
For multiple context mode, the ASA first classifies the packet according to a unique interface.
The ASA translates the real address (10.1.2.27) to the mapped address 209.165.201.10.
Because the mapped address is not on the same network as the outside interface, then be sure the
upstream router has a static route to the mapped network that points to the ASA.
The ASA then records that a session is established and forwards the packet from the outside
interface.
If the destination MAC address is in its table, the ASA forwards the packet out of the outside
interface. The destination MAC address is that of the upstream router, 10.1.2.1.
If the destination MAC address is not in the ASA table, the ASA attempts to discover the MAC
address by sending an ARP request and a ping. The first packet is dropped.
The web server responds to the request; because the session is already established, the packet
bypasses the many lookups associated with a new connection.
The ASA performs NAT by untranslating the mapped address to the real address, 10.1.2.27.
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Internet
Source Addr Translation
10.1.2.27
10.1.2.1
Management IP
10.1.2.2
Host
10.1.2.27
Configuring the Transparent or Routed Firewall
209.165.201.10
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