I think you answered your own question with your last sentence.
FW1 is the key not NT or solaris. Also running *only* FW1 on it
I think you will find the recent vulnerability's with FW-1 are FW-1
specific, not OS specific
On Mon, 10 Jul 2000, Stewart Hurrell wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> This has always been a contentious issue whether NT or Solaris provides a
more secure platform for FW1 to run on. The answers are almost always
subjective, depending whether one is a M$ basher or Microsoft supporter :)
>
> Has anyone ever confirmed in a Lab situation whether NT, and now I suppose
Linux, holds up as well as Solaris?
>
> I would think that if you are familiar with an OS you are less likely to
make mistakes on your particular platform, so that would have to take that
into account when finally making a choice.
>
> Regards
>
> Stewart Hurrell
>
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