Comments on: Design: Cisco Firewall Services Module Virtualization Design Traps

By: Etherealmind

Etherealmind — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 06:42:00 +0000

Personal preference for Juniper firewalls, but yes, would not use service modules for anything because of poor code releases, limited features because of form factor.

By: Nick

Nick — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 01:33:00 +0000

This is a 2009 article with the FWSM updates in 2011 has the FWSM improved in anyway or do you still recommend Cisco ASA in a datacenter scenario?

By: Greg Ferro

Greg Ferro — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 19:43:53 +0000

I wouldn’t use an FWSM today, they really are crap. Look for the ASA-SM if you must have a module but otherwise I’d recommend an standard ASA firewall.

By: Paul Paradiso

Paul Paradiso — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 19:09:00 +0000

Interesting article. We are looking at using a VRF-lite configuration to hang vlans off a pair of 6513′s and send through the FWSM.