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Subject: Re: Gauntlet vs. Sidewinder
From: jeromie @ garrison . com (Hmm)
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 96 19:07:30 CDT
To: bdboyle @ erenj . com, barbara @ us . checkpoint . com
Cc: firewalls @ greatcircle . com

> Bryan -
> You're right - it's not an unbiased opinion.  But after 25 years in
> the business, first as a programmer, and then as a consultant
> specializing in multi-protocol, multi-vendor, multi-application
> environments & security, and having worked for numerous firewall 
> vendors, I can pick my own jobs and name my own price.  And I'm here
> at Checkpoint.  Think about it...
> -Barb
> P.S. Note the free SYNDefender upgrade on out web site
> (http://www.checkpoint.com).  Know anyone else who has one?
> 
> 
> Bryan D. Boyle wrote:
> > 
> > Barbara W. Jaarsma wrote:
> > >
> > > Bouchard, Alexis, 2Lt,SAM/GNCP wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I have to choose between Gauntlet and Sidewinder as a Firewall solution.
> > >
> > > Personally, I'd go with FireWall-1...  :-)
> > > -Barb
> > 
> > Not an unbiased opinion, from  your return address.

	I would be interested in hearing how checkpoint is securing their 
customers from SMTP based attacks!  From what I have seen, they simply pass it
through to a mail machine... If that mail machine happends to be running 
Sendmail 4.1, the attacker can blow holes right through the perimiter....?

Jeromie Jackson
Garrison Technologies
jeromie @
 garrison .
 com

Keep the flames burning.


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