FAQs
| Q1: | Is there a way to filter e-mail content on the Cisco Secure PIX Firewall? |
| A1: | No. The PIX Firewall does not perform content filtering at the application layer because it does not inspect the data portion of the TCP packet. This is a job for a mail server. |
| Q2: | Sometimes users who are connecting to an FTP server get very slow response times. What could be causing this? |
| A2: | The IDENT protocol on the server could be the root of the problem. If the service resetinbound command is not configured on the PIX, the server has no way of knowing that PIX denied its IDENT request as a security violation. |
| Q3: | Does the PIX Firewall support inbound port mapping? |
| A3: | Yes. The current version of PIX supports inbound port redirection; this support began with ... |
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