On Thu, 30 Nov 2000, Saso Virag wrote:
>
> Yes, it used to be misconfigured out of the box (the last version
> I played with was 4.0, so I can't really talk about current version).
> After all these years people are talking how badly FW-1 is misconfigured
> out of the box and CP actually not doing a thing about it, I came to a
> conclusion that they do it in order for fresh firewall admins (every
> second there are 10 born) to troubleshoot their first configuration and
> learn something out of the process.
>
> It's a strong message saying 'If you want a security device, you'll have
> to tinker around with it a bit more than it takes to rack the box (and
> install the software)'.
>
Next thing ya know, they'll expect you to read the damned documentation
too! <grin>.
Thanks,
Ron DuFresne
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