Re: checkpoint firewall -1 sp3

From: Greg Hennessy (spamcatcher@example.com)
Date: 02/15/03 

From: Greg Hennessy <spamcatcher@example.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2003 19:19:56 +0000

On Sat, 15 Feb 2003 14:13:27 -0500, "B. Switzer" <bswitzer@myprivacy.ca>
wrote:

>And what would break?

Anything that exploits a weakness or bug in the software I would consider a
break.

>
>'if something breaks' is a somewhat specious argument.

Thats fine until you have a pressing need to run a new business critical
service through the firewall and one finds that it doesnt work.

>But if the box is doing what you need it to do, then why continually pay
>through the nose? You bought the software, it's yours to use, and presumably
>the most significant bugs were discovered and fixed within your update
>period, however long that might be.

If one doesnt intend to ever change a running security policy and have all
services set in a***, then such an approach would have merit.

greg 

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