Cisco ASA Audit Event: 105508

105508: Error creating failover connection socket on port

Cisco ASA is a security device that provides the combined capabilities of a firewall, an antivirus, and an intrusion prevention system. It also facilitates virtual private network (VPN) connections. It helps to detect threats and stop attacks before they spread through the network.

Message: %ASA-2-105508: (Primary|Secondary) Error creating failover connection socket on port port.

Event 105508 is generated when an internal error is encountered while attempting to create a socket on the Active unit for exchanging failover control messages with the Backup unit. This message is usually preceded by event 104509 or 104510.

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