ASA 9.x features that will make you upgrade today

The latest ASA releases brought many interesting features and some of them might be really useful.


9.3(2) Relase date: December 18, 2014

• Configuration session for editing ACLs and objects (commit model!!!)
• Traffic Zones (it's not a Zone-based firewall, but you can have some fun)
• System backup and restore (ops!)

ASA 9.2(1) Relase date: April 24, 2014

• BGP Support (now we have a real gateway)
• Static route for Null0 interface (black holes)

9.1(5) Relase date: March 31, 2014

• Secure Copy client (forget all about FTP and TFTP)

9.0(1) Relase date: October 29, 2012

• Site-to-Site VPN in multiple context mode (remote access is not supported)
• Dynamic routing in Security Contexts
• Mixed firewall mode support in multiple context mode (it's just freedom)

There are many others and you can find them in the release notes. Leave a comment if you think another feature should be highlighted.