RE: BGP on PIX525

I wouldn't say that it's as direct as "FWs should not", but whether it
makes sense from a market perspective. Traditionally, Cisco firewalls
didn't support IGPs either, but some have been added (EIGRP/OSPF). So,
it's a matter of prioritization, for example, should we be building out
BGP on the ASA, more IPv6 features, or next-generation VPN features? We
don't have unlimited resources, even within Cisco, so we have to
determine where to focus our efforts.

So, are there folks within Cisco that think adding BGP to the ASA make
sense? Of course! Will it be done, well, that's a much more
complicated answer. And, I certainly wouldn't be at liberty to disclose
future roadmap information on groupstudy either. :D

-----Original Message-----
From: Charles.Henson_at_Regions.com [mailto:Charles.Henson_at_Regions.com]
Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 9:59 AM
To: Mike Kraus (mikraus)
Cc: Cisco certification; jack daniels; nobody_at_groupstudy.com
Subject: RE: BGP on PIX525

Jack,
      Jokes aside I think the reason was more philosophical than
anything.
Cisco - "FWs should not run routing protocols". I could be mistaken.
CheckPoint has done it for years and NetScreen does it as well.

Charles Henson

  From: "Mike Kraus (mikraus)" <mikraus_at_cisco.com>

  To: "jack daniels" <jckdaniels12_at_gmail.com>, "Cisco
certification" <ccielab_at_groupstudy.com>
 

  Date: 12/18/2009 09:54 AM

  Subject: RE: BGP on PIX525

No, the PIX/ASA code does not support BGP today.

-----Original Message-----
From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
jack daniels
Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 7:30 AM
To: Cisco certification
Subject: BGP on PIX525

Hi guys,

can I run BGP on PIX 525 , if yes how scalable is it ( if any doc for
same)

Regards

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Received on Fri Dec 18 2009 - 11:34:06 ART