Dzung Tran wrote:
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> >
> > On Wed, 5 Jun 1996, Mike Jones wrote:
> >
> > > In fact, FireWall-1 offers NAT and it's not a proxy firewall. Michael,
> > > you're completely off base on this one.
> >
> > The please explain why Checkpoint advertises Firewall -1 as an
> > application gateway ?
> >
> >
> >
>
> According to Network Computing Magazine (4/1/96):
>
> ".. CheckPoint FireWall-1 uses a powerful scripting language called
> Inspect, which dynamically tracks and examines packets up through the
> application layer. Even though it does not implement proxies in the
> traditional sense, like Gauntlet and CyberGuard, its ability to
> analyze the applicatin data allows CheckPoint to implement many of
> the same capabilities without sacrificing performance.."
Also, FW-1 DOES have FTP, Telnet, and HTTP proxies (which are considered
application-level.)
Chris
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