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Cisco ASA Series Firewall ASDM Configuration Guide
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Configuring Connection Settings
This chapter describes how to configure connection settings for connections that go through the ASA,
or for management connections, that go to the ASA. Connection settings include:
• Maximum connections (TCP and UDP connections, embryonic connections, per-client connections)
• Connection timeouts
• Dead connection detection
• TCP sequence randomization
• TCP normalization customization
• TCP state bypass
• Global timeouts
This chapter includes the following sections:
• Information About Connection Settings, page 22-1
• Licensing Requirements for Connection Settings, page 22-4
• Guidelines and Limitations, page 22-5
• Default Settings, page 22-5
• Configuring Connection Settings, page 22-5
• Feature History for Connection Settings, page 22-11
Information About Connection Settings
This section describes why you might want to limit connections and includes the following topics:
• TCP Intercept and Limiting Embryonic Connections, page 22-2
• Disabling TCP Intercept for Management Packets for Clientless SSL Compatibility, page 22-2
• Dead Connection Detection (DCD), page 22-2
• TCP Sequence Randomization, page 22-3
• TCP Normalization, page 22-3
• TCP State Bypass, page 22-3