The complexity of the many services and features offered by the Cisco PIX firewall appliance can make configuration from the console a daunting task even for someone who is familiar with the Cisco IOS. Because a firewall is only as good as its configuration, security may suffer if the PIX is configured poorly due to a lack of skill with the command-line interface. Fortunately, Cisco has provided a GUI tool called the PIX Device Manager (PDM) that allows secure configuration, management, and monitoring from a browser. Despite the bad reputation of many vendors' past attempts to port command-line interfaces to graphical interfaces, Cisco PDM version 2.02 integrates most commands supported on the PIX very robustly. In addition to providing an effective tool to configure, manage, and monitor a PIX firewall, the Cisco PDM can improve security by making these tasks more understandable for the firewall administrator.
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