At 04:21 PM 6/10/99 -0400, gill wrote:
>
>CheckPoint's FireWall-1 is sold to run on the following platforms:
>
>HP-UX 10.x
>AIX 4.2.1 and 4.3.0
>Solaris 2.5 and higher
>Windows NT Server 4.x Service Pack 3.01 (Intel-based only)
>
>It has been my experience that the majority are installed on Solaris and NT
>boxes.
>
>My question for this discussion is this: why would CheckPoint take
>FireWall-1 to NT? It seems that they are the commercial software firewall
>leaders in the marketplace. Why would they risk jeopardizing their product
>and their reputation by selling a product to be built on top of an OS that
>isn't (or can't be made to be) secure?
Umm, to make money. Some companies feel that profits are a Good Thing (tm).
-- Joe
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