Currently the 5940 Router has the capability to support a firewall and IDS as part of its IOS features.
Rumor has it that Cisco is planning to remove that IOS firewall/IDS capabilities in the future. The reason of this discussion is to confirm that rumor and also to discuss why Cisco would want to discontinue the Firewall and IDS features from the 5940 Router IOS . I would like to know if Cisco plans to remove the firewall/IDS capabilities from the router IOS in the future. Please comment.
