> > Basicly, I do not like all in one software based security tools. > > Especialy when they run on top of a M$ OS. > > So you have no technical point, just a religious one? Nothing > wrong with that, but it should be clarified.
Its not a purpose build firewall and thats all, for me that is enough. > This is news??? Didn't we *just* have a discussion on this list about how it > is prudent to use different vendors firewalls in a tiered method? Isn't that > the "best practice" implementation of a firewall solution? > Don't people generally recommend to use a stateful packet filtering firewall > on the outer perimeter and a proxy based solution on the inner perimeter to > get the best combination of speed and security? Microsoft demonstrates this > "best practice" in their docs, and suddenly they are getting slammed for it? > Do you want them to focus on and be serious about security or don't you? Is it a firewall or a proxy? If you are going for a dual combination anyway, why not get a real firewall and a real proxy/cache server? ;) I don't want them to focus on security, let them stick to what they do best. Let them fix the memory/cpu consuming OS's first. Sure, Microsoft based Network management is as easy as it can get, we live in a point and click society anyway... but I prefer my admins to be Unix/BSD focussed and do Microsoft on the side, just to make sure they don't forget the roots of networking and get lost when the solution to the problem they are facing is not somehwere in a help file. I'm not saying all admins are the same, but we all know how companies select their staff at the moment... > > Call me a winer, I just don' like the Microsoft environment and wished > > there was more capable competition. > > There isn't. OS wise? Phah. They build indeed the most supported platforms for applications, unfortunatly. Let's just hope they stick to software and don't get involved too much in networking hardware. _______________________________________________ Firewalls mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] For Account Management (unsubscribe, get/change password, etc) Please go to: http://lists.gnac.net/mailman/listinfo/firewalls
