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with a command line interface you do not need to run a GUI (with it's
vunerabilities) on the firewall. Also with a command line interface you
can automate changes.
for example: My place is growing rapidly, every week we need to make 20-30
firewall changes to allow new customers to function. If this has to be
done through a GUI it is slow and error prone, if we had a command line
utility we could write a script and have a much lower chance of making
errors.
a GUI is a nice option to have, I just don't want the GUI to eliminate the
other options.
David Lang
On Fri, 28 Jul 2000, J Weismann wrote:
> Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 14:13:28 EDT
> From: J Weismann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Choice of Firewall
>
> and how is this bad??? it eliminates command line threat and processes while
> encouraging simple GUI for easy configuration and update. It is the wave of
> the future to have everything GUI'd. May the trend continue...
>
>
> >From: David Lang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >CC: "Firewall List \(E-mail\)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Subject: Re: Choice of Firewall
> >Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 10:00:56 -0700 (PDT)
> >
> >the problem is that the trend from all the other firewall vendors is to
> >push the GUI and eliminate command line interfaces :-(
> >
> >David Lang
> >
> >On Fri, 28 Jul 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > > Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 00:22:59 -0400 (EDT)
> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > To: "Firewall List (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Subject: Re: Choice of Firewall
> > >
> > > >>>>> "Jonathan" == "Jonathan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > >
> > > Jonathan> Raptor, Raptor, Raptor...mantra I reapeat everynite when i
> >goto bed. Easy
> > > Jonathan> to use, secure as hell, no problem with installation and tech
> >support. 92 of
> > > Jonathan> the E-business 100 use it(my salesrep told me that one :) ) so
> >I guess a
> > > Jonathan> hospital could to(that's me!). Trust me, it's a breeze to
> >setup and
> > > Jonathan> admin.
> > >
> > > There is one caveat. When last I checked (late 1999), they still _only_
> >had
> > > a GUI to configure the firewall. That means that batch updates,
> > > configuration revision control, etc. are nigh impossible. If you don't
> >care
> > > about those "enterprise" features, it _is_ a good product. If you do, it
> > > bites. I keep offering to buy it if they fix that minor problem (and
> >have
> > > since it was Eagle Raptor :), but they have never expressed any interest
> >in
> > > changing their ways. <sigh>
> > >
> > > And then there's the lack of source code availability, but that may be a
> > > lost cause these days. Is any commercial firewall vendor other than NAI
> > > offering source code?
> > >
> > > --
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> > > Queen Trapped in a Butch Body
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