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Context-Based Access Control (CBAC)

CBAC is the Cisco IOS Firewall feature set—an advanced firewall engine that provides traffic-filtering functionality and can be used as an integral part of the network. The main features of CBAC include the following:

Note

CBAC is being replaced with the new ZFW configuration model in the new Cisco IOS Software releases. ZFW will also be covered in this chapter. All new features will be offered in the new ZFW configuration model. There is no end-of-life plan (as of this writing) for CBAC, but there will be no new features added into CBAC.


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