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["Alexey Eremenko" <al4321@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 10/4/06, Joachim Schrod <jschrod@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Alexey Eremenko wrote:
> >
> > Yesterday I googled for "Comparison of Firewalls" and found nothing.
>
> ???
>
> There are several million hits for this search phrase. Even if one
> puts in quotes and wants exactly that phrase, there are still 68
> matches.
>
> There you can also find hundreds of pages about Checkpoint's VPN-1,
> where you could learn more about, looking at your Wikipedia article.
>
> Your chosen categories for comparison look quite ad-hoc and don't
> reflect requirements for firewalls in professional settings. (E.g.,
> you know about the demand for secure and reliable central logging,
> clustering/VRRP, and other stuff?) I would recommend to read more of
> those Google hits, then you might be able to come up with a more
> profund categorization of firewall comparison.
>
>         Joachim
If you think you can improve, you are welcome.
Add a new table with features, that are "Professionally Required" and add
Firewalls that you know to that table.

I would try to add as well...

-Fenix*NBK*.