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Chapter 2 Establishing Connectivity
Configuring the PIX Firewall for Routing
A router that has interfaces in multiple areas is called an Area Border Router (ABR). A router that
redistributes traffic or imports external routes (Type 1 or Type 2) between routing domains is called an
Autonomous System Boundary Router (ASBR).
An ABR uses link-state advertisements (LSA) to send information about available routes to other OSPF
routers. Using ABR type 3 LSA filtering, you can have separate private and public areas with the
PIX
Firewall acting as an ABR. Type 3 LSAs (inter-area routes) can be filtered from one area to another.
This lets you use NAT and OSPF together without advertising private networks.
Note Only type 3 LSAs can be filtered. If you configure PIX Firewall as an ASBR in a private network, it will
send type 5 LSAs describing private networks, which will get flooded to the entire AS including public
areas.
If NAT is employed but OSPF is only running in public areas, then routes to public networks can be
redistributed inside the private network, either as default or type 5 AS External LSAs. However, you
need to configure static routes for the private networks protected by the PIX
Firewall. Also, you cannot
mix public and private networks on the same PIX
Firewall interface.
OSPF Features Supported
The following is a list of OSPF features supported by PIX Firewall Version 6.3:
• Support of intra-area, inter-area and External (Type I and Type II) routes
• Support for virtual links
• OSPF LSA flooding
• Authentication for OSPF packets (both clear text and MD5 authentication)
• Support for configuring the PIX Firewall as a designated router (DR) or ABR
• Support for configuring the PIX Firewall as an ASBR, with route redistribution between OSPF
processes including OSPF, static, and connected routes
• Support for stub areas and not so stubby areas (NSSA)
• ABR type 3 LSA filtering
• Load balancing among a maximum of three peers on a single interface, using Equal Cost Multipath
Routes (ECMP).
Note If using ECMP, note that the default cost for a Fast Ethernet link on the PIX Firewall is consistent
with a Cisco Firewall Services Module (FWSM) but differs from a Cisco IOS router.
Table 2-4 summarizes the OSPF commands that are supported or that are not supported in PIX Firewall
Version 6.3. For the detailed syntax of each command, refer to the Cisco IOS Release 12.2(3a)
documentation or to the Cisco PIX
Firewall Command Reference.
Ta b l e 2-4 Cisco IOS OSPF Commands Supported in PIX Firewall Version 6.3
OSPF Command
1
Supported OSPF Command Supported OSPF Command Supported
area authentication
yes
ip ospf dead-interval
yes
show ip ospf flood-list
yes
area default-cost
yes
ip ospf flood-reduction
no
show ip ospf interface
yes
area filter-list
yes
ip ospf hello-interval
yes
show ip ospf neighbor
yes
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