Re: non-IP firewalls

From: Mark Plesser (plesserat_private)
Date: Fri May 01 1998 - 10:09:52 PDT

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    It only runs on NT, I hear. :(
    
    
    
    
    On Thu, 30 Apr 1998, Bernhard Schneck wrote:
    
    > Date: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 21:33:34 +0200
    > From: Bernhard Schneck <Bernhard_Schneckat_private>
    > To: -= ArkanoiD =- <arkat_private>
    > Cc: firewall-wizardsat_private
    > Subject: Re: non-IP firewalls 
    > 
    > In message <AAzPxHryV7at_private> you write:
    >  > Some people ask me if i can let ipx through firewalls i build - i answer no
    >  > just because i can't filter and monitor it properly and thus it will break t
    >  >-he
    >  > security policy..
    > 
    > There's a package called Firewall/Plus which claims to be able to
    > filter lots of different protocols (I think they claimed about 600),
    > includung IPX, SNA and others.
    > 
    > From what I read about it, it seems to be a packet filter starting
    > at the MAC layer and working it's way up through the ethernet frame.
    > 
    > I've never used or evaluated it yet, though.  If someone (independent
    > from the vendor, with a reputable name in the field :-) has, I'd sure
    > like to hear about her/his results.
    > 
    > \Bernhard.
    > 
    > 
    
    Mark Plesser
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