On Wed, 1 Mar 1995, Samuel D. Jones wrote:
> >> If you are serious (and IMNSHO you can't be too serious if you are
> >> considering FW-1) about security I'd look at:
> >>
> >> SCC's Sidewinder ~ $40K
> >> DEC's SEAL ~ $35K (I think)
> >> Raptor's Eagle ~ $25K
> >> TIS's Gauntlet ~ $15K
> >
> > Smallworks NetGate ~ $5k (for source!)
> >
> >> My opinion is that the best value lies in the bottom two.
> >
> >And how.
>
> What makes these better than FW-1? Just asking, I have no argument
> with this, I just don't know.
FW-1 is a fancy packet filter. The others are firewalls with application
proxies and the like. Perhaps others here feel a packet filter mechanism
can be a firewall and provide real security, but I don't:)
--- David
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It's *amazing* what one can accomplish when
one doesn't know what one can't do!
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