From: Muhammad Nasim (muhammad.nasim@gmail.com)
Date: Sun Jan 06 2008 - 02:02:39 ARST
Why to invest if we can run PIXEMU the simulation of PIX. One can run
7.xversion comfortably I tested Fail-over and VPN configuration and
everything
is working fine till now.
HTH
On Jan 6, 2008 6:41 AM, Farrukh Haroon <farrukhharoon@gmail.com> wrote:
> Actually IMHO as per the current security lab you don't really require any
> ASAs in your home lab. It is not worth the investment.Get Cheap PIX 515
> (or
> 515e) from Ebay or somewhere and work with those. But make sure you get
> Two
> URs and not 'R' or 'DMZ' bundles. The third one (the PIX itself in the
> lab),
> can be a DMZ/R bundle, should not matter that much.
>
> As of now the lab is running 7.2.x for the ASA/PIX (as per NetPro 'Ask The
> Expert'). The only feature that you wont be able to test with the PIX
> firewalls would be WebVPN/SSL VPN, which at a maximum would take one or
> two
> rack rental sessions to master.
>
> However if the lab moves towards ASA version 8.x in the future, then this
> gap between the two platforms would further increase. Starting with 8.xASA
> 5510s support 'VPN Load-Balancing' , so this feature could also be a
> possible lab topic (after the change announcement, if any). Then there are
> many new SSL VPN features in 8.x that are only available on the ASA
> platform. As per the marketing guys they are about 120 :), don't believe
> that figure but even if we divide that figure by 10 i.e. 12 new features
> is
> good enough :)
>
> Regards
>
> Farrukh
>
> P.S. I got two of my UR PIX PIX firewalls on Ebay for about 800/900$.
>
>
>
>
> On Jan 6, 2008 12:54 AM, darth router <darklordrouter@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Are there any major limitations I would face if I used 2
> > 5505s with the basic license in my security rack?
> >
> > I suppose I could just use Qemu and emulate them, but I would like to
> have
> > the hardware. Any tips?
> >
> > DR
> >
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