Cisco Asa

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. n computer networking, Cisco ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliances, or simply Cisco ASA 5500 Series, is Cisco''s line of network security devices introduced in 2005, that succeeded three existing lines of popular Cisco products: Cisco PIX, which provided firewall and network address translation (NAT) functions. Cisco IPS 4200 Series, which worked as intrusion prevention system (IPS). Cisco VPN 3000 Series Concentrators, which provided virtual private networking (VPN). Like the Cisco PIX firewalls, the ASAs are based on Intel x86 architecture. The ASA series of devices run PIX code 7.0 and later. Through PIX OS release 7.x the PIX and the ASA use the same software images. Examples of emulators include PEMU and Dynagen , and with NetworkSims (Networksims) for a simulator.