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I have just been made responsible for our network security and have found that the previous person has not documented anything. &nbsp;I need to reset a Cisco PIX 506e device to factory default, but I have no passwords and no information about its current config. &nbsp;Once I have this unit configured I can then switch it out for an existing unit which I fear may be incorrectly configured.<br />
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Please can somebody help me desperately.
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I have just been made responsible for our network security and have found that the previous person has not documented anything.  I need to reset a Cisco PIX 506e device to factory default, but I have no passwords and no information about its current config.  Once I have this unit configured I can then switch it out for an existing unit which I fear may be incorrectly configured.

Please can somebody help me desperately.

Need to set Cisco PIX 506e to Factory Default without knowing any passwords.

Cisco PIX is a dedicated hardware firewall appliance; the Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) is a firewall and anti-malware security appliance that provides unified threat management and protection the PIX does not. Other Cisco devices and systems include routers, switches, storage networking, wireless and the software and hardware for PIX Firewall Manager (PFM), PIX Device Manager (PDM) and Adaptive Security Device Manager (ASDM).