[c-nsp] Telnet FROM a PIX Appliance?

[Vinny Abello]

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> From: Sam Stickland [mailto:sam_mailinglists at spacething.org]
> Sent: Friday, July 04, 2008 10:58 AM
> To: Vinny Abello
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> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Telnet FROM a PIX Appliance?
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> Vinny Abello wrote:
> > Also, minus the added hardware in the ASA which handles things like
> SSL VPN's and the other optional hardware options, you can run the same
> code (not image, but code) on the PIX 515 and higher models that the
> ASA devices run (7.x and 8.x), providing you have enough memory. So
> when saying ASA above I'm also referring to the PIX on 7.x or 8.x code.
> >
> >
> My understanding is that the 7.x code is the same on the PIXes and the
> ASA; but version 8.x on the ASA is a rewrite built on top of a Linux
> kernel, whereas 8.x is still based on the old code.

You're saying 8.x on the ASA runs atop a Linux kernel whereas 8.x on the PIX is still based on the same 7.x kernel that both the ASA and PIX use in that version? I hadn't heard nor have I seen anything to indicate that, but it's definitely possible... and interesting. Does anyone have any references that confirms this? Maybe that's why my CPU look so different on the 5505 on 8.x.

-Vinny