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Subject: Re: TIS funding
From: proff @ suburbia . net
Date: Sun, 29 Jun 1997 17:16:53 +1000 (EST)
To: fmrco!capstan!ajl @ uunet . uu . net (Andrew J. Luca)
Cc: firewalls @ greatcircle . com
In-reply-to: <Pine . SUN . 3 . 90 . 970628162220 . 28743A-100000 @ capstan> from "Andrew J. Luca" at "Jun 28, 97 04:27:32 pm"

> 	This would be significant because?  I can't think of a significant 
> player in the security market which does not derive a significant percentage 
> of its gross revenues from the government.  Given the uncertainty of 
> those contracts, it is not surprising to see a company which is admitting 
> that its revenues might be decreasing over the next few years.

My point was that FW-1 is receiving undue criticism. It's intellectually
disingenous to be accusing Checkpoint of installing backdoors on behalf
of the Mossad, while ignoring the well documented ties Gauntlet and
Smartwall have to the NSA. You can't have it both ways.

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