I guess no-one really wants to touch this subject. Is it perhaps
because NT really is "very secure" and we can trust it to do security
firewalling? grin;-)
>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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>From: Douglas Cheline
>Sent: Sunday, December 01, 1996 3:12 PM
>To: 'Firewalls @
GreatCircle .
COM'
>Subject: Firewalls over NT vs. UNIX
>
>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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