Talk:Cisco PIX

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There are an awful number of footnotes on this page...can we merge or crop some of em?

That's a tough question. I added the footnotes to include important info that didn't belong in the table. I have tried to multi-use as many of them as I could, but every entry is a unique bit of information that doesn't have much in common with any other. Any ideas?--MARQUIS111 July 5, 2005 14:30 (UTC)

I edited footnote number 10, some PIX Firewalls may contain the AL440LX, so does mine. Feel free to correct me if im wrong. I'll test some different Intel Boards with the PIX hardware to see if IOS supports different boards. Regards, Side from the german wiki

I changed most of the references to the FWSM to "FWSM" rather than the part code. Dave au 03:33, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

Should I renumber the footnotes for my edit? --MENNIS 21:00, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

Wouldn't hurt; it's just a lot of trouble to go to. --MARQUIS111 02:33, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

Nah, I scripted it. Please sanity check my work though! --MENNIS

The statement "The PIX became Cisco's flagship firewall product after their failed product, the Centri firewall, which ran on Windows NT 4." is false. Centri Firewall was acquired in July 1997 via the Global Internet Software Group acquisition, two years after the PIX acquisition. Centri went on to lay the groundwork for Cisco policy-based management application, Cisco Security Manager, later renamed to Cisco Secure Policy Manager. They competed in the same business unit for a short period. --Rbmcnutt

Good info. Do you plan to amend the article?--MARQUIS111 12:34, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

My PIX 520 has 16MB Flash yet it is an earlier serial than the "cutoff" point mentioned for the 2MB/16MB upgrade. Is this accurate?

It is accurate in as much as Cisco's site says so. I added this link to FN6 [1] . Did you buy the 520 new or used? If it came new with the 16MB, and the serial is lower than that cited, then Cisco must have been keeping incomplete records. If used, then anyone could have installed the card in as a recommended upgrade.--MARQUIS111 23:42, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

There is no Maximum PIX OS Version row in the Current Models table. This seems to imply that all of these models will run the latest version of PIX OS (currently 7.2), but I'm not sure this is the case for the 501 and 506E. Cisco's release notes for 7.0 show that it only supports 515/515E, 525 and 535 and specifically states under System Requirements:

The PIX 501, PIX 506E, and PIX 520 security appliances are not supported in software Version 7.0

I can't find the 7.1 or 7.2 release notes, but I doubt that these later releases have introduced support for these models. Royhills 10:33, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

ASA boot from Compact Flash card (the internal one) in IDE mode so it really need IDE controller. 83.6.141.253 22:00, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

Deleted the discussion of the "FrakenPIX" as it is off topic and violates PIX software license agreement. Brian Ford 14:13, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

I don't mind the deletion, as it was somewhat off-topic, but discussion of the existence or creation of FrankenPIXes does not violate the PIX software licensing agreement. It does not advocate anything illegal; it just mentions the feasibility.--MARQUIS111 15:26, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

The footnote for Brantley Coiles is meaningless (and possibly inaccurate as there is no way of verifying that he works at the company mentioned - they don't list anyone under "company"). Brian Ford 14:20, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

If that part bothers you, then I suggest you remove it and renumber the footnotes.--MARQUIS111 15:26, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

You should write marketing lit for cisco, this is an encyclopedia, not a marketing extension for the technology that likley pays your paycheck. You guys should be ashamed of the flagrant plugs for product and other other cisco products along the way- doesn't Cisco have a website where this material can accessed by people who actually care about getting the info?

I thought so.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.20.221.71 (talk) July 18, 2007

Have Pimped my PIX 525 to 1000 MHz using a SL5QV 1000/256/100/1.75V processor. Would take it to 1100 MHz, but the processors are so hard to get... Martin

This pages states that the FWSM has no PCI Slots but if you open it there is a pci slot. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.234.217.150 (talk) 16:41, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] SSL VPN support

I'm quite certain PIX 515 and 525 DO support SSL VPN ! As far as they run a 7.x + OS version.