Firewalls: Re: Microsoft plans to offer a firewall

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Subject:	Re: Microsoft plans to offer a firewall
From:	peter @ baileynm . com (Peter da Silva)
Date:	Tue, 1 Jul 1997 08:26:34 -0500 (CDT)
To:	vin @ shore . net (Vin McLellan)
Cc:	firewalls @ greatcircle . com, Russ . Cooper @ RC . ON . CA
In-reply-to:	<v03007800afde1bf820cc @ [198 . 115 . 179 . 81]> from "Vin McLellan" at Jun 30, 97 09:31:25 pm

>                 Though Microsoft (MSFT) says it doesn't plan to
>                 compete with firewall vendors, its plans to add
>                 firewall security features to the next version of its
>                 Proxy Server software could shake up the firewall
>                 software market.

Oh boy, I'm sure there are some black hats just sharpening their
knives and fire(wall)-axes waiting for this new challenge to go
up. Cracking Microsoft. That's gotta be a popular game by now.

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