Re: is the ASA a true hardware solution?

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On 5/5/2011 1:11 PM, Greg Whynott wrote:
> 
> in the context of the never ending debates related to
> software/hardware firewalls...
> 
> 
> i was looking inside of our newest 5580,   it appears to be a
> standard HP server box (DL585)  with a hardware encryption
> accelerator option card inserted into a pci slot.  everything else
> appears to be verbatim to what you would receive from HP if you
> ordered their high end x86 server box.
> 
> should one not have any sort of encryption needs,  would this box
> considered a software firewall?    I couldn't find one custom asic,
> module  or other chip with a cisco brand stamp on it,  beyond the
> flash.
> 
> 
> thanks!
> 
> -g

ASA devices are software firewalls w/ hardware accelerated encryption.
It also uses Linux and virtualization, although I'm not well versed in
the specifics, but I believe a search on Google should lend more.

Regards,

dtb
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