RE: [fw-wiz] Multiple firewalls from different manufactureres

From: Behm, Jeffrey L. (BehmJL_at_bvsg.com)
Date: 01/28/05

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Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 15:02:23 -0600

    > From Eugene Kuznetsov
    >> Of Keith A. Glass
    >
    >> I just wish some of the vendors
    >> would allow their FW solution to be available outside the
    >> "appliance" vehicle (Yes, I'm talking about Symantec and
    >> Secure Computing. . .)
    >
    >Hmm, this is pretty interesting, because it's contrary to what I hear
    >elsewhere. Could you talk about why you would rather get software
    instead of
    >a sealed appliance -- ignoring, for the time being, the cases where the

    Before MJR can chime in (with the same, time-tested-true answer each
    time)...

    It's *all* software at some point...how it's packaged is somewhat
    unimportant,
    although I'll take a command line interface, where I can get into the
    guts
    and make changes, improvements, or tailoring to fit my environment over
    a point-click-and-hope interface and "sealed" appliance that either fits
    in my environment or it doesn't.

    Why pay for the seck-sy, pretty "appliance," if you don't have to?
    (Other than
    because some vendor has the ear of mgmt)
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