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#CISCO ASA 5505 END OF LIFE SOFTWARE#

The PIX runs a custom-written proprietary operating system originally called Finese ( Fast Internet Service Executive), but as of 2014 the software is known simply as PIX OS.

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Beginning with PIX OS version 8.x, the operating system code diverges, with the ASA using a Linux kernel and PIX continuing to use the traditional Finesse/PIX OS combination. Through PIX OS release 7.x the PIX and the ASA use the same software images. The ASA series of devices run PIX code 7.0 and later. In May 2005, Cisco introduced the ASA which combines functionality from the PIX, VPN 3000 series and IPS product lines. Cisco ended support for Cisco PIX Security Appliance customers on July 29, 2013. The last day to purchase accessories and licenses was January 27, 2009. The last day for purchasing Cisco PIX Security Appliance platforms and bundles was July 28, 2008. On January 28, 2008, Cisco announced the end-of-sale and end-of-life dates for all Cisco PIX Security Appliances, software, accessories, and licenses. During this time, the PIX shared most of its code with another Cisco product, the LocalDirector. Together they continued development on Finesse OS and the original version of the Cisco PIX Firewall, now known as the PIX 'Classic'. Shortly before Cisco acquired Network Translation in November 1995, Mayes and Coile hired two longtime associates, Richard (Chip) Howes and Pete Tenereillo, and shortly after acquisition 2 more longtime associates, Jim Jordan and Tom Bohannon. The PIX quickly became one of the leading enterprise firewall products and was awarded the Data Communications Magazine 'Hot Product of the Year' award in January 1995.

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Beta testing of PIX serial number 000000 was completed and first customer acceptance was on Decemat KLA Instruments in San Jose, California. The design, and testing were carried out in 1994 by John Mayes, Brantley Coile and Johnson Wu of Network Translation, Inc., with Brantley Coile being the sole software developer. When they began, RFC 1597 and RFC 1631 were being discussed, but the now-familiar RFC 1918 had not yet been submitted. At a time when NAT was just being investigated as a viable approach, they wanted to conceal a block or blocks of IP addresses behind a single or multiple registered IP addresses, much as PBXs do for internal phone extensions. The PIX name is derived from its creators' aim of creating the functional equivalent of an IP PBX to solve the then-emerging registered IP address shortage. PIX was originally conceived in early 1994 by John Mayes of Redwood City, California and designed and coded by Brantley Coile of Athens, Georgia.

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