Re: wanted: Cisco PIX Management Tool

[shawnmer <shawnmer () io com>]

Cisco now has the PIX MC 1.0

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/cscowork/ps2330/products_user_guide_book09186a00800e48b0.html

-scm


:DocValde () gmx de

> Hi there,
>
> we are running 8 Cisco PIX Firewalls now, with the option to get up to 12
> more in future. They are all placed at different locations of our Corporate
> Network, always as a pair of two redundant PIXes.
>
> Right now, i know three possibilities to manage them:
>
> 1. Command Line Interface
> 2. Cisco PIX Device Manager
> 3. Cisco Secure Policy Manager 3.x
>
> All three are not really suitable for an efficient management and
> administration of a distributed firewall solution...:-(
>
> We need to get reports, views out of them and need to update the configs.
>
> Does anybody know any third-party products for these tasks?
>
> All hints welcome, even open-source, all platforms.
>
> TIA & best regards,
>
> Malte von dem Hagen