[c-nsp] BGP support on the new ASA5585-X

[Ge Moua]

we too have a need for Cisco firewalls to speak BGP, especially at some 
our smaller mpls vrf borders; we get around this by running the Cisco 
firewall in transparent mode (layer-2 mode) which allows for the bgp 
sessions to be built without any layer 3 boundary on the firewall to 
prohibit bgp sessions.

of course this doesn't address the need for bgp on the cisco firewall 
but does provide a work-around for the lack of.

i too am would like to see bgp on cisco firewalls

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Regards,
Ge Moua
Network Design Engineer

University of Minnesota | OIT - NTS
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sthaug at nethelp.no wrote:
>>> At this moment we know that ASA5585-X does not support BGP.
>>>       
>> I'm sure it doesn't.  Routers are routers, firewalls are firewalls.
>>     
>
> There are several firewall platforms that support BGP - and this can
> actually be quite useful. Fortigate is one of them.
>
> Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug at nethelp.no
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