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Hi,


I found a guide on:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/ ... 478b.shtml

I get this far:

PhoenixPICOBIOS 4.0 Release 6.0
Copyright 1985-1998 Phoenix Technologies Ltd.
All Rights Reserved

Build Time: 04/27/99 17:08:34
Polaris BIOS Version 0.09
CPU = Pentium with MMX 200 MHz
640K System RAM Passed
31M Extended RAM Passed
0512K Cache SRAM Passed
System BIOS shadowed
Cisco Secure PIX Firewall BIOS (4.0) #0: Thu Mar 2 22:59:20 PST 2000
Platform PIX-515
Flash=i28F640J5 @ 0x300

Use BREAK or ESC to interrupt flash boot.
Use SPACE to begin flash boot immediately.
Flash boot in 8 seconds.

Flash boot interrupted.
0: i8255X @ PCI(bus:0 dev:13 irq:11)
1: i8255X @ PCI(bus:0 dev:14 irq:10)

Ethernet auto negotiation timed out.
Ethernet port 1 could not be initialized.
Use ? for help.
monitor>
monitor> address 10.0.0.1
address 10.0.0.1
monitor> server 10.0.0.2
server 10.0.0.2
monitor> file nppix.bin
file nppix.bin
monitor> tftp
tftp
nppix.bin@10.0.0.2.........................................................
.................................................................................
.................................................................................

Received 110592 bytes



I've used the file "nppix.bin" since it seems to be the closed one as the
PIX is running 4.0 - But maybe its not the correct one..? Anyone tried this
with this version?

Any help would be greatly appriciated.



Best regards,
Christian Rasmussen

In article <41fd3c9e@news.wineasy.se>,
Christian Rasmussen <something@somewhere> wrote:
:I found a guide on:

:http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/vpndevc/ps2030/products_password_recovery09186a008009478b.shtml

:I've used the file "nppix.bin" since it seems to be the closed one as the
:PIX is running 4.0 - But maybe its not the correct one..?

I seem to recall (possibly incorrectly) reading that with
systems that old, you had to use the floppy based recovery.

--
Positrons can be described as electrons traveling backwards in time.
Certainly many Usenet arguments about the past become clearer when they
are re-interpreted as uncertainty about the future.
-- Walter Roberson

Are you sure? .... There is no floppydrive on the PIX!.... :(


Best regards,
Christian Rasmussen

Sorry, looks like I was confusing the 515 with the 520.
--
Is "meme" descriptive or perscriptive? Does the knowledge that
memes exist not subtly encourage the creation of more memes?
-- A Child's Garden Of Memes

If you still have the box somewhere, here is a hint:

The version is like a PC you have a Bios version and the OS version and you need the OS version to do the procedure, you can find it by doing this:

Boot the unit completly without pressing any key and after you have the prompt "xxx>" do this command "show ver", this will produce a listing beginning like this:

Cisco PIX Firewall Version 6.3(3)
Cisco PIX Device Manager Version 3.0(1)
Compiled on ...

Now you have to take the file according to the version of the PIX Firewall, in this case np63.bin

Good Luck!

dear god.. i think that version of pix came out before i was born. Ive dealt with a lot of firewalls and sorry to say but my honest best advice to you is scrap that peace of junk. Chances are if you actually found a chassis running on PIX 4.0, it probably doesnt have enough built in memory to handle an upgrade to the newer PIX versions anyhow. You're better off with an old linux box and two NICs running IPtables.. Or just leave it the way it is, and cross your fingers it doesnt get one of its ancient vulnerabilities exploited. 4.0 though, wow, security by obscurity? lol

sorry for the troll.. its not generally my style.