ASA-VPN-CLNT-K9® announces the end-of-sale and end-of life dates for the ASA-VPN-CLNT-K9 PIX Security Appliance Software v8.0. The last day to order the affected product(s) is July 28, 2008. Customers with active service contracts will continue to receive support from the ASA-VPN-CLNT-K9 Technical Assistance Center (TAC) as shown in Table 1 of the EoL bulletin. Table 1 describes the end-of-life milestones, definitions, and dates for the affected product(s). Table 2 lists the product part numbers affected by this announcement. For customers with active and paid service and support contracts, support will be available until the termination date of the contract, even if this date exceeds the Last Date of Support shown in Table 1.
ASA-VPN-CLNT-K9 PIX Security Appliance customers are encouraged to migrate to ASA-VPN-CLNT-K9 ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliances. Built on the same software foundation as ASA-VPN-CLNT-K9 PIX Security Appliances, the ASA-VPN-CLNT-K9 ASA 5500 Series offers more robust firewall and IPsec VPN capabilities, as well as many additional benefits, including:
• Significantly better performance and scalability
• Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) VPN support (including clientless, portal-based remote access)
• Advanced Unified Communications (voice/video) security
• A modular design that allows you to add features such as intrusion prevention (IPS), anti-virus, anti-spam, anti-phishing, and URL filtering.
Migration to the ASA-VPN-CLNT-K9 ASA 5500 Series is straightforward. Customers can take advantage of their knowledge and investment in ASA-VPN-CLNT-K9 PIX Security Appliances, because there are essentially no changes in user interface, operations, or training.
Table 1. End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the ASA-VPN-CLNT-K9 PIX Security Appliance Software v8.0