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Subject: Re: Microsoft plans to offer a firewall
From: Thomas Leitner <tom @ finwds01 . tu-graz . ac . at>
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 1997 08:22:11 +0200 (MET DST)
To: Vin McLellan <vin @ shore . net>
Cc: firewalls @ GreatCircle . COM, Russ <Russ . Cooper @ RC . ON . CA>
In-reply-to: <v03007800afde1bf820cc @ [198 . 115 . 179 . 81]>

On Mon, 30 Jun 1997, Vin McLellan wrote:

> Microsoft crowds firewall space
>                 By Tim Clark
>                 June 30, 1997, 1:05 p.m. PT
> 
> 	<Sorry, no source note available. Passed friend to friend. _Vin>
> 
>                 Though Microsoft (MSFT) says it doesn't plan to
>                 compete with firewall vendors, its plans to add
>                 firewall security features to the next version of its
>                 Proxy Server software could shake up the firewall
>                 software market.

And they think that anybody would trust them and their firewall, 
given the numerous holes in their TCP/IP stack which were revealed in the
last couple of month?

Tom

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