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Re: [fw-wiz] Firewall bake-off?

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From: Carric Dooley <carric@com2usa.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 12:17:53 -0500 (EST)
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"What's the best firewall?"

How about that one? =)

I thnk those saying you need to match requiremnts to resources (and don't 
forget skillsets; if you have a bunch of IOS jockey's, they will feel 
comforatable with a PIX - somone withouth that background will hate it).


On Mon, 19 Mar 2007, Marcus J. Ranum wrote:

> Jim MacLeod wrote:
> >Meaning no disrespect, it must also be stated that many companies have
> >a business need for their networks to be both Secure and Fast.
> 
> Of course they do. Performance is an important thing to understand,
> but it has absolutely nothing to do with what a firewall *DOES*.
> 
> >Anyone who completely neglects speed in a
> >firewall will arguably hurt their security posture by contributing to
> >the perception that security slows down your network, thus encouraging
> >end users - or even worse, CIOs - to attempt to bypass it.
> 
> Of course. That too. If there's a better example of
> "> "I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT A FIREWALL DOES""
> I can't think of what it might be.
> 
> mjr. 
> 
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Carric Dooley
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