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Chapter57 Configuring Security Contexts on Firewall Devices
Managing Security Contexts
Add/Edit Security Context Dialog Box (PIX/ASA)
The Add Security Context and Edit Security Context dialog boxes let you define and maintain contexts
for the currently selected PIX/ASA security appliance. (Except for their titles, the two dialog boxes are
identical.)
Note that at least one security context must be designated as the Admin context.
Navigation Path
You can access the Add Security Context and Edit Security Context dialog boxes from the Security
Contexts page, as described in Managing Security Contexts, page57-4.
Field Reference
Table57-2 Add/Edit Security Context Dialog Box (PIX/ASA)
Element Description
Name Enter a name of up to 32 characters for the context. The names System
and Null (in any combination of upper- and lower-case letters) are
reserved, and cannot be used.
Note While context names are case-sensitive on the device, they are
not in Security Manager. That is, you cannot have two contexts
with the same name but different capitalization in Security
Manager.
Description Enter an optional description for the context.
Mode (ASA 9.0+) Choose the mode, Router or Transparent, for this security context.
Note You cannot change the chosen mode in the Edit Security
Context dialog box.
Admin Context Check this box if this context is to be the Admin context for this device.
Note The name of the Admin context for the device is displayed
below the Security Contexts table.
Config URL Specify the context configuration location, as a URL-type address, by
choosing a file-system protocol and then entering the path and name of
the file to access for the context configuration.
That is, choose a protocol type from the drop-down list, and then type
the server name (for remote file systems), path, and file name in the
related text field. For example, the combined URL for FTP has the
following format: ftp://server.example.com/configs/admin.cfg.
Available protocols are:
•disk0:/
•disk1:/
•flash:/
•ftp://
•http://
•https://
•tftp://