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Re: PIX limitations

Subject: Re: PIX limitations
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 12:13:33 +1200 (NZST)
Ng Pheng Siong said:
On Fri, Aug 06, 2004 at 06:18:09PM -0000, jlebowitsch@pacbell.net wrote:
Does anyone knows if this is true also of Cisco PIX? As FWSM is based on
PIX it seems likely, but i can't find documentation for this.

Is FWSM really based on the PIX? PIX was produced by some company which
was
acquired by Cisco. FWSM is firewall stuff tacked onto IOS. While PIX has
an
IOS-like config language, I believe it isn't IOS.

I think you've confused FWSM with the IOS firewall feature set. FWSM (
Firewall Services Module ) is a blade which can be installed into a 65xx
chassis, it is based on the PIX code and generally has identical
functionality although its software revision numbers aren't the same as
PIX, and its feature set seems to be a couple of minor revisions behind
current PIX code.

I would suggest opening a Cisco TAC call to answer the original question.

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Kerry Thompson, CCNA CISSP
Information Systems Security Consultant
http://www.crypt.gen.nz  kez@crypt.gen.nz

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