Time Based Firewall Rules

[todd.adamson]

Is it possible within a PIX 515e ver 6.3(3) (Yea, I know it's old) to set time limits on certain access rules? I am looking to limit FTP access to a limited window.

[vitripat]

Hi Todd,

Time-based ACLs were introduced in 7.0 code:

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/iaabu/pix/pix_sw/v_70/70_rn/pix_70rn.htm#wp200466

Thus, your current version on PIX will not be able to use timebased ACLs. However, you can upgrade your PIX to 7.x code inorder to use it. Here is a link which explains about requirements/procedure on howto upgrade PIX to 7.0 code-

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/customer/products/sw/secursw/ps2120/products_upgrade_guides09186a0080369ee2.html

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Vibhor.