RE: [fw-wiz] Layer 3-7 Firewall.

From: Ben Nagy (ben@iagu.net)
Date: 03/19/03

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    From: "Ben Nagy" <ben@iagu.net>
To: <Firewall-Wizards@Compucenter.org>, "'Firewall Wizards List'" <firewall-wizards@honor.icsalabs.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 16:12:56 +0100

    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: firewall-wizards-admin@honor.icsalabs.com
    > [mailto:firewall-wizards-admin@honor.icsalabs.com] On Behalf
    > Of George J. Jahchan
    [...]
    > Is there a SPI firewall out there that is application-layer protocol
    > aware?

    Is there one that isn't?

    (FTP can't work without layer 7 "awareness" for example)

    Also, SPI is a Checkpoint word, and it is certainly L7 "aware" (whether
    it uses this awareness to measurably increase security is another
    question....)

    Perhaps you could clarify exactly what you mean? I don't want to sound
    glib, but the marketeers have made this kind of discussion treacherous
    unless we all know that we're talking about exactly the same question.

    ben

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