Ryan Thomas wrote: >I find it interesting that many people still consider >Checkpoint to be a "classic" packet filter. Proxy >capability for common services was built into > That's because Checkpoint stomped Gauntlet by belittling proxies and claiming loudly that stateful packet inspection was the way to go and would solve all your problems. Then they reverse course and start building back in all the features that Gauntlet had in 1992 (or there abouts; I wasn't paying attention to security at the time). Crispin -- Crispin Cowan, Ph.D. http://immunix.com/~crispin/ Chief Scientist, Immunix http://immunix.com http://www.immunix.com/shop/
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