Re: [fw-wiz] Proxies, opensource and the general market: what's wrong with us?

On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 12:50:35PM -0700, Darren Reed wrote:
I think that what's happened is the relevant open source
security tools for today are no longer proxies or packet
filters but plugins for your web browser.

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Sure. But I still do not see why does it affect firewalls, which are
still there.


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