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Cisco ASA 5500 Series Configuration Guide using the CLI
Chapter1 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).
Table1-2 New Features for ASA Version 8.4(5)/ASDM Version 7.0(2) (continued)
Feature Description
Table1-3 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).