: Hardware-accelerated VPN capabilities, IPSec, Stateful Firewall (CBAC), Zone-Based Firewall, and Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS).
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This is the feature set. Adv anced Enterprise with K9 (Cryptographic) support. This is the "holy grail" of IOS images because it includes virtually every advanced feature Cisco offers, including BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, advanced Quality of Service (QoS), IPv6 routing, MPLS, and advanced security (VPN/firewall). This is the "holy grail" of IOS images