[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.

Ahh, I just found indeed this is true.

"Beginning with version PIX OS version 8.x, the codes diverge, with the ASA using a Linux kernel and PIX continuing to use the traditional Finesse/PIX OS combination."

This is taken from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cisco_ASA_5500_Series_Adaptive_Security_Appliances

With references to Cisco's open source licensing in 8.x on the ASA.

-Vinny