Can we Have CWS & IPS on the Same Appliance 5500-X Series Firewall

[sahib]

Dear All,

I have a doubt regarding Cisco ASA 5500-X Series Firewall.

Can we Have CWS or AVC/Web  & IPS on the Same Appliance 5500-X Series Firewall ?

Regarrds,

Sahib

[Michael Muenz]

Since it's in software you can run both, only IPS on CX is currently not supported.

Michael

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[narawat]

Hi All,

     CWS and IPS are two differnet things. CWS is not a module in itself and is rather a feature. So yes you can use both of them. Both have different phased processing in the packet flow on ASA.

And thats correct that X-series firewall are software based and we can use both IPS and CSC on a single device based on the license.

Check for the limitation of CWS on ASA as below:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/asa/asa90/configuration/guide/protect_cloud_web_security.html#wp1326437

Cheers,

Naveen