Cisco PIX Firewall Intrusion Detection

Intrusion detection on the Cisco PIX Firewall became available with Release 5.2(1) of the PIX operating system. Intrusion detection is available on all current PIX platforms.

The configuration of IDS on the PIX Firewall is very limited in comparison to the configuration available on the Cisco IOS software IDS. The PIX Firewall supports only Syslog. It has no knowledge of the POP used by the CSIDD or CSPM.

The PIX Firewall is always used as a network device to separate trusted networks from untrusted networks and to provide adaptive security for the networks behind it. The IDS feature on the PIX Firewall lets administrators enforce perimeter intrusion detection on a device that is already providing security ...

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