topic PIX Management in Network Security https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/pix-management/m-p/192456#M625597 <P>There doesn't seem to be an ideal way to manage the PIX!</P><P></P><P>As I see it CSPM is great for creating the ACL's but it's slow when you have a large network, plus it doesn't support the newer VPN clients/commands although you can use the Epilogue to work around this. If you issue commands directly on the PIX they tend to get removed next time you approve a new config from CSPM. Also the currnet release (3.1) is the last release.</P><P></P><P>PIX MC is very new and supports even fewer commands! I can't even import our current PIX because of this. At least you can issue commands directly to the PIX without fear of them being over written. Wait for a release that supports more commands I suppose.</P><P></P><P>The best way I can see of managing a PIX at the moment is using PDM and direct command entry.</P><P></P><P>What are you experiences??</P><P></P><P>Thanks</P><P></P><P></P> Fri, 21 Feb 2020 06:31:03 GMT SteveGodfrey 2020-02-21T06:31:03Z PIX Management https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/pix-management/m-p/192456#M625597 <P>There doesn't seem to be an ideal way to manage the PIX!</P><P></P><P>As I see it CSPM is great for creating the ACL's but it's slow when you have a large network, plus it doesn't support the newer VPN clients/commands although you can use the Epilogue to work around this. If you issue commands directly on the PIX they tend to get removed next time you approve a new config from CSPM. Also the currnet release (3.1) is the last release.</P><P></P><P>PIX MC is very new and supports even fewer commands! I can't even import our current PIX because of this. At least you can issue commands directly to the PIX without fear of them being over written. Wait for a release that supports more commands I suppose.</P><P></P><P>The best way I can see of managing a PIX at the moment is using PDM and direct command entry.</P><P></P><P>What are you experiences??</P><P></P><P>Thanks</P><P></P><P></P> Fri, 21 Feb 2020 06:31:03 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/pix-management/m-p/192456#M625597 SteveGodfrey 2020-02-21T06:31:03Z Re: PIX Management https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/pix-management/m-p/192457#M625614 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>They are exactly the same....</P><P>At the moment I test Solsoft!</P><P>Looks fine</P><P></P><P></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 24 Jan 2003 14:18:09 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/pix-management/m-p/192457#M625614 rgraether 2003-01-24T14:18:09Z