Firewalls: packet filtering vs application based firewalls

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Subject:	packet filtering vs application based firewalls
From:	Jean . Lehman @ West . Sun . COM (Jean Lehman [Sun Los Alamos Consultant])
Date:	Wed, 1 Mar 1995 13:38:06 -0700
To:	Firewalls @ greatcircle . com

please reply to me directly since I am not on this alias....

does anyone have a strong opinion about the advantages/disadvantages
of a packet filtering firewall system (e.g. checkpoint) over
an application based firewall (e.g. sidewinder)?

thanks in advance,

jean

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