Editing Cisco PIX (section)

{{Short description|Line of firewall and NAT appliances}}
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'''Cisco PIX''' ('''P'''rivate '''I'''nternet e'''X'''change) was a popular [[Internet protocol suite|IP]] [[Firewall (networking)|firewall]] and [[network address translation]] (NAT) [[computer appliance|appliance]]. It was one of the first products in this market segment.

In 2005, [[Cisco]] introduced the newer [http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/security/adaptive-security-appliance-asa-software/index.html Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance] ([[Cisco ASA]]), that inherited many of the PIX features, and in 2008 announced PIX end-of-sale.

The PIX technology was sold in a [[Computing blade|blade]], the [[Cisco FWSM|FireWall Services Module]] (FWSM), for the Cisco [[Catalyst 6500]] switch series and the [[Cisco 7600|7600 Router series]], but has reached end of support status as of September 26, 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/interfaces-modules/catalyst-6500-series-firewall-services-module/model.html |title = Cisco Services Modules - Support - Cisco}}</ref>