Joop Boonen wrote:
Fred Mobach wrote:
I really dislike this shameless plug because of :
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I hope that the message of Joop Boonen is not an example for other suppliers :-(.
I think it's a very good that Linux also gets commercial products. The thing is that for now Linux doesn't yet have a open source firewall that compete with Firewall 1. Companies prefer to have supported products. Hopefully we will have an open source supported firewall soon. Like the falcon project. http://falcon.naw.de/
I won't argue with you on commercial products for Linux but I will argue with you on closed source products in the security area. No need to believe me but then you has first to read some papers related to this security aspect. Since when are you unable to find support for open source products ? I am sure that also in your area that support is available. If you want I can give you information by *private* mail. The kind of support however is propably different from what you are used to, you are not requested to reboot or to reinstall ;-). No need to expand on what Kurt Seifried contributed regarding commercial products and kernel 2.4.x functionality. Thank you, Kurt :-).
The Linux firewall 1 solution might be the cheaper 'unix like' solution. And the solution in comparison to windows NT.
If you are serious on the use of firewall 1 I cannot stop you. But you are for sure on the wrong forum. And the "cheaper unix like" solution doen't say anything about security, it only says something about money. Security has his price. That price doesn't necessary means the price of the software but could better be spend on hiring and training a security officer. A sentence which contains the terms "NT" and "security" should at least also contains the phrase "is not" between those. Anyone who forgets this will get oppression and not only from me.
By the way Firewall 1 has about 70% of the firewall market.
Yes, and what does that means ? Is it your intension to say that most users really do know anything about security ? I am now for 30 years in the IT and always have security in mind. Some of the collegues I meet work in the same way but most of them don't care for security. Do you recognize the expression "password == username" ?
Can you please give me the link for: Bugtraq .
Hey, stop here. You have a security related job and don't read Bugtraq ? Have a look at http://www.securityfocus.com/ and search for forums. Remember what Kurt told you, OK ? Regards, Fred Mobach