At 12:37 PM 2/24/97 EST, gordonp .
atc @
gao .
gov wrote:
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>What useful functionalities does this device provide above and
>beyond a normal router ? Not much really. NAT (Network Address
>Translation) is nice. It hides the internal addresses, but it doesn't
>necessarily protect them.
>
Sorry to butt in here, but this response is clearly misleading. While
NAT functionality can certainly be an integral part of the PIX firewall,
there is no longer a dependence on NAT to use this product as a firewall.
In fact, I'm quite satisfied that the PIX has developed into the type
of product which I held in high regard (and kept bitching about over the
course of the past couple of years).
I would suggest that people decide for themselves; further information,
to include a white paper which discusses the PIX in more detail, is
available at:
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/751/pix/index.html
- paul
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