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Subject: RE: IBM firewall
From: scot <scot @ btg . com>
Organization: IOD
Date: Fri, 9 Jan 1998 08:50:41 -0500
To: "'Johan Teekens'" <calculus @ pi . net>, "firewalls @ GreatCircle . COM" <firewalls @ GreatCircle . COM>
Reply-to: "scot @ btg . com" <scot @ btg . com>

Well, you do know what "AIX" stands for, don't you?

"AIX" == "Ain't Unix"

Now, don't get me wrong, I think it's a GREAT operating 
system.  Driver development for it is a memorable, 
gratifying experience.  Software distribution is a dream 
come true.

But, as I said, it Ain't Unix.

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Scot Anderson | 703-383-7950 | SkyTel 800-413-4612
--If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the 
precipitate

On Thursday, January 08, 1998 11:55 AM, Johan Teekens 
[SMTP:calculus @
 pi .
 net] wrote:
> Next week an RS6000, model 43p, with AIX, is going to be
> delivered to me,
> on wich I have to install the IBM firewall, this is not
> exactly what I
> wanted, I wanted Raptor or Linux, but for political
> reasons we have to buy
> the IBM firewall.
> Has anyone any experience with it, what are the
> advantages? How stable is
> it? Where are it's holes?
>
> It's not that I don' t trust it or anything, but this
> software is quite new
> for me, and the art of automation this to decrease the
> risk of anything
> going wrong, I can't estimate that risk at the moment.
>
> Can anyone tell me what is going to happen to me?

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