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Cisco ASDM User Guide
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Chapter 2 Introduction to the Security Appliance
New Features by Platform Release
New Features in Version 8.0(2)
Table 2-5 lists the new features for Version 8.0(2).
Note There was no ASA or PIX 8.0(1) release.
Fully Qualified Domain Name
Support Enhancement
Added option in the redirect-fqdn command to send either the fully qualified domain
name (FQDN) or the IP address to the client in a VPN load balancing cluster.
In ASDM, see Configuration > Device Management >High Availability > VPN Load
Balancing or Configuration > Remote Access VPN >Load Balancing.
Clientless SSL VPN Caching
Static Content Enhancement
Added a new command to allow clientless SSL VPN users to cache the static content,
cache-static-content enable.
In ASDM, see Configuration > Remote Access VPN > Clientless SSL VPN Access >
Advanced > Content Cache.
DHCP Client Enhancements Added two new items for the DHCP client. The first option configures DHCP Option 61
to send either the MAC or the string "cisco-<MAC>-<interface>-<hostname>", where <
> represents the corresponding values as the client identifier. The second option either
sets or clears the broadcast flag for DHCP discover when the DHCP request has the
broadcast flag enabled.
In ASDM, see Configuration > Device Management > DHCP > DHCP Server; then click
on Advanced button.
ASDM Banner When you start ASDM, new banner text appears in a dialog box with the option to
continue or disconnect. See the banner asdm command.
In ASDM, see Configuration > Properties > Device Administration > Banner.
ESMTP Enhancement Addedan option for Extended Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (ESMTP) inspection to
work over Transport Layer Security (TLS).
In ASDM, see Configuration > Firewall > Objects > Inspect Map > ESMTP.
Smart Card Removal
Enhancement
Added option in the VPN group policy to specify whether tunnels stay connected or not
when the Smart Card is removed. Previously, the tunnels were always disconnected. See
the smartcard-removal-disconnect command.
In ASDM, see Configuration > Remote Access VPN > Network (Client) Access > Group
Policies > Add/Edit Internal/External Group Policies > More Options.
Table 2-4 New Features for ASA and PIX Version 8.0(3) (continued)
Feature Description
Table 2-5 New Features for ASA and PIX Version 8.0(2)
ASA Feature Type Feature Description
General Features
Routing EIGRP routing The security appliance supports EIGRP or EIGRP stub routing.