PIX comes from the word canine, which is in this matter thought of as a watchdog.
It can be written K9 too, which is the first step towards the word PIX. Due to lawsuits from other K9's, cisco added the number of characters in the word cisco (5) to the K and ended up with P9 instead. The rest is just the roman way of writing 9 = IX. Now you have the word PIX. All this is of course just something I am coming up with, but I thought is was a good story :-) Ole ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ole Drews Jensen Systems Network Manager CCNP, MCSE, MCP+I RWR Enterprises, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.RouterChief.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NEED A JOB ??? http://www.oledrews.com/job ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -----Original Message----- From: Mcfadden, Chuck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 2:03 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: The Scoop on PIX? [7:26607] 1. (Probably the only real reason) Off load processor overhead by having packet filtering happen somewhere other than the device that is trying to also perform routing tasks. 2. DMZ? (Can be handled via router, though [processor issue - see above]) 3. Redundancy without the need for dual WAN connectivity Those are about the only reasons I can think of. Any one else think of any? I have no idea what PIX stands for...GREAT Question!!! ccie1ab -----Original Message----- From: BASSOLE Rock [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 11:01 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: The Scoop on PIX? [7:26607] -----Message d'origine----- De : Andrew Michael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyi : dimanche 18 novembre 2001 00:09 @ : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : The Scoop on PIX? [7:26607] Hi all. What are some of the reasons why a person would choose a PIX solution rather than a good router with the the right IOS for security? From what I've read on Cisco's site, there does not seem to be the huge gap between using a router as a firewall solution vs. using a PIX, as some people make it sound. One last thing...for the life of me, I can't find what "PIX" stands for! Any help appreciated! Thanks in advance. Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=27571&t=26607 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
