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Subject: Re: Secure Web Transaction Solution
From: mcnabb @ argus-systems . com (Paul McNabb)
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 1998 09:56:52 -0600
To: Larry . Riley @ disclosure . com, firewalls @ Greatcircle . com

>  From: Larry .
 Riley @
 disclosure .
 com (Larry Riley)
>  
>       Does anybody have any experience with Cisco and Hewlett-Packard Secure 
>       Web Transaction Solution Architecture?
>       
>       http://www.ebizsoftware.hp.com/virtualv/hpcisc23.html
>       
>       Can this solution be compared to any other firewall solution such as 
>       Firewall-1, regarding its price, efficiency and security? Does this 
>       solution have any bugs?
>
>       This solution to me seems too complex and could have a lot of security 
>       holes.  My company is currently looking at Firewall-1 as our solution.

If you ignore the load balancing issues you are getting with this, the
security and functionality of HP/CISCO are significantly less than what
you get with a Sun/Argus/Checkpoint combination.  The HP solution is a
lot more expensive as well.

paul

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