Mike,
I had the same issue at a clients site. Some one saw the cost of msproxy
and a true firewall and said why don't we use that. Luckly, an article
in Infoworld or Communication Week a few weeks ago reviewed msproxy server
and even stated something along the lines that ms does not recommend using
the product for a firewall. Yes I am paraphrasing here, find the article
and I think it will help you in your quest. I have tried to locate the
article but have not been successful. Magazines get read and tossed
here quickly.
If you can find that it should help.
jim jones
jrjones @
comsource .
net
On Thu, 30 Jan 1997, Mike Blaser wrote:
> Some bright spark within the organisation has suggested using MS Proxy
> Server as the company's firewall solution. I've tried to locate
> information as to why this is not such a great idea but articles
> specifically regarding this product do not appear to be readily available
> (the article in Tempest was useful in this respect but that was about
> it). We know all the obvious points like the fact that it's not running
> on a hardened OS and its poor reporting capabilities but trying to
> explain these points to a non-security oriented management section is
> difficult. Can anyone else think of objections to using MS Proxy in this
> manner (sooner rather than later. I have to lay down the law this
> afternoon, so to speak).
>
> Cheers
>
> Mike
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