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Increased firewall
performance on PIX 501
and 506E Security
Appliances
• Unleashes new performance levels on new and existing Cisco PIX 501 and 506E
Security Appliances, delivering up to 6 times more performance than previous software
releases
Increased number of
IPsec VPN peers
supported on Cisco PIX
501 Security Appliances
• Increases number of site-to-site and remote access VPN peers supported on Cisco PIX
501 Security Appliances from 5 to 10, enabling greater VPN scalability in home office
and small office environments
Voice over IP (VoIP) and Multimedia
H.323 Version 3 and 4 • Extends Cisco PIX Security Appliance market-leading VoIP security by adding support
for the latest versions of the H.323 standard, which is used by numerous applications
and millions of users worldwide
• Adds support for many new H.323 features, including the ability to handle multiple calls
that use the same call signaling channel
TAPI and JTAPI
over CTIQBE
• Supports inspection of various Cisco TAPI and JTAPI based applications that use
CTIQBE, including Cisco IP SoftPhone and Cisco Customer Response Solution (CRS)
MGCP • Inspects MGCP messages passing between call agents, media gateways, and other
components in production VoIP environments
PAT for SCCP • Extends market-leading VoIP support and enables SCCP (the call-signaling protocol
used by Cisco IP phones) to work in PAT environments; typically found in home offices
and remote offices
Table 1 New Features and Benefits
Key Features Benefit
