The various Firewall vendors that I have spoken to have repeatedly
stated that, eventhough their product does run over NT, running
firewalls over UNIX is much more secure. The reasoning I get is that NT
has some inherent vulnerabilities that cannot be plugged since the code
is proprietary and closed. UNIX on the other hand is standard based and
open, plus it has been on the market much longer and more efforts have
been placed in plugging the holes there.
This sounds nice but not very convincing unless some hard facts are
revealed. Can knowledgable members of this forum tell me what those
'holes' in NT are? and is this a valid argument?
disclaimer: I, myself, prefer UNIX based applications but I don't have
a facts based argument for that preference when it comes to firewalls.
Thanks in advance for your responses.
Regards,
>Douglas Cheline
>Senior Consultant Business Solutions
>
>G E N U I T Y, Inc.
>a Bechtel company
>
>dcheline @
genuity .
net
http://www.genuity.net
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