Network security is no longer viewed as a product to be tacked on, but rather a core requirement. Security as a “core requirement” is great news. It’s only taken a decade of constant Internet attack to get vendors to understand this point, but at least we’re getting there now. Cisco is already building new products that compete with the pure-play NIPS vendors — check out their Cisco ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliances. The difference between the features of a router and an appliance like TippingPoint is power and number of signatures.”]
Source: https://taosecurity.blogspot.com/2005/05/great-firewall-round-up-in-nwc-recent.html