New features in version 8.4(4.1) – Cisco ASA 5505 User Manual

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Cisco ASA 5500 Series Configuration Guide using the CLI

Chapter 1 Introduction to the Cisco ASA 5500 Series

New Features

New Features in Version 8.4(4.1)

Released: June 18, 2012

Table 1-3

lists the new features for ASA Version 8.4(4.1).

Note

Version 8.4(4) was removed from Cisco.com due to build issues; please upgrade to Version 8.4(4.1) or
later.

Hardware Features

ASA 5585-X DC power
supply support

Support was added for the ASA 5585-X DC power supply.

This feature is not available in 8.5(1), 8.6(1), or 9.0(1).

Table 1-2

New Features for ASA Version 8.4(5)/ASDM Version 7.0(2) (continued)

Feature

Description

Table 1-3

New Features for ASA Version 8.4(4.1)

Feature

Description

Certification Features

FIPS and Common Criteria
certifications

The FIPS 140-2 Non-Proprietary Security Policy was updated as part of the Level 2 FIPS 140-2
validation for the Cisco ASA 5500 series adaptive security appliances, which includes the
Cisco ASA 5505, ASA 5510, ASA 5520, ASA 5540, ASA 5550, and ASA 5585-X.

The Common Criteria Evaluation Assurance Level 4 (EAL4) was updated, which provides the
basis for a specific Target of Evaluation (TOE) of the Cisco ASA and VPN platform solutions.

This feature is not available in 8.5(1) or 8.6(1).

Remote Access Features

Clientless SSL VPN:
Enhanced quality for
rewriter engines

The clientless SSL VPN rewriter engines were significantly improved to provide better quality
and efficacy. As a result, you can expect a better end-user experience for clientless SSL VPN
users.

We did not add or modify any commands for this feature.

This feature is not available in 8.5(1) or 8.6(1).

Authentication and Encryption Features

Support for password policy,
password change, and SSH
public key authentication

The ASA enables administrators with the necessary privileges to do the following for users in
the current context: modify password policy, change passwords, and authenticate using an SSH
public key.

We introduced or modified the following commands: password-policy lifetime,
password-policy minimum changes, password-policy minimum-length, password-policy
minimum-lowercase
, password-policy minimum-uppercase, password-policy
minimum-numeric
, password-policy minimum-special, password-policy authenticate
enable
, username, username attributes, clear configure username, change-password,
clear configure password-policy, show running-config password-policy.

This feature is not available in 8.5(1) or 8.6(1).

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