So is netscreen a firewall? I would call it a packet
filter/vpn.
It uses custom ASICS..
acs
--- Ben Nagy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I think a better definition is that a "hardware
> based firewall" would need
> to run dedicated ASICs (or whatever) for all
> firewall functions.
>
> Anything that uses any kind of code that runs in
> read / writeable RAM is a
> software solution. And yes, that includes firewalls
> that boot from read-only
> media.
>
> Any other definition is sophistry. A Cisco PIX is no
> more "hardware" than a
> linux box running iptables.
>
> As far as I know there are no extant hardware based
> firewalls. None. Nil.
> Zip.
>
> Cheers,
>
> --
> Ben Nagy
> Network Security Specialist
> Marconi Services Australia Pty Ltd
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>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Steven Pierce
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 11:13 AM
> > To: Zachary Uram
> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: zone alarme and udp 44767
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Zachary,
> >
> > A hardware solution is one that is like a machine.
> So if you
> > took a router that had a firewall built into it
> > that would be a hardware solution. Anything that
> is
> > physically on your desk,etc is hardware. Software
> is
> > anything installed on the machine, so zonealarm
> would
> > software. Now you can have hardware and software
> also.
> > If you have Linux (Any Flavor) installed on a old
> 486 that
> > would be both hard and soft.
> >
> > Does that help??
> >
> > Steven
> >
> > If anyone on the list would like to add to this
> please do, or
> > if I am off base please let me know.
> >
> > S
> >
> > *********** REPLY SEPARATOR ***********
> >
> > On 7/4/2001 at 01:12 Zachary Uram wrote:
> >
> > >eh?
> > >what is a 'hardware solution'?
> [...]
>
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