I think that I was at the same auction. I was willing to go $200 for it .
Absolutely start with it. It's a lot better than not having a firewall. Yes,
the syntax of some commands have changed but the logic remains. In time you
may be able to update the OS.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pierre-Alex GUANEL [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, May 28, 2001 9:38 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: PIX Box [7:6170]
>
>
> Hello Group,
>
> I bought a PIX box at an auction. I am not sure whether it
> was a good/bad
> buy. (Paid $475 for it).
>
> By comparing the front and rear view of the box to cisco website:
> http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/pcat/fw.htm
> I have identified the box as a PIX Firewall 520.
>
> The IOS on it is old (4.0.7)
>
> My question: is it worth starting to learn firewall
> technology on the this
> version of thesoftware (old)? Here is more info from the startup.
>
>
> PIX Bios V2.7
>
> Booting Floppy
>
> ...................................Execing flop
>
>
> PIX Floppy loader version 1.12
>
> Starting second stage loader.
> ..
>
> PIX Floppy cloader version 1.1
>
> Flash=i28F020
> Reading floppy image...............................
> Flash version 4.0.7, Floppy version 4.0.7
> Do you want me to install floppy version onto flash? [n]
> loading from flash...
> 8MB RAM
> Flash=i28F020
> Ethernet inside 16 = 3c590 MAC = 00:a0:24:96:1d:36 ports = aui,bnc,rj
> Ethernet outside 13 = 3c590 MAC = 00:a0:24:96:1b:d2 ports = aui,bnc,rj
> CA9568 Encryption @ 0x3a0
>
>
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> PIX Firewall
>
> PIX Version 4.0.7
> Maximum Connections: 64
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