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On 02/12/2000 at 3:30 PM Steven Pierce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>Merton,
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>If you go to Sunfreeware.com page they have a utility that will allow you to run 
>Linux Apps under Solaris.  It is called lxrun.  If you go to the site
>http://www.sunfreeware.com/ and in the right hand box you will see the link for it.  
>I have not personally used it so I can not say if it is any good or not.  But it 
>might be a worth a try.
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>On 02/12/2000 at 11:02 AM Merton Campbell Crockett wrote:
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>>After NAI announced that it was discontinuing the BSD/OS based version of
>>Gauntlet, my customer decided to switch to the Solaris based version of the
>>product.  The replacement hardware and Gauntlet 5.5 arrived and have been
>>installed.
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>>Unfortunately, the switch from the BSD/OS based Gauntlet 5.0 to the Solaris
>>based Gauntlet 5.5 has been a far more difficult transition than one would
>>expect.  Literals used in IPFW rules, e.g. telnet, were not translated to
>>the correct port numbers.  It's taken a few days but these problems have
>>been erradicated.
>>
>>The major problem that remains involves the "securityalert" entries in the
>>log, /var/log/messages.  The target or destination address that is reported
>>is the IP address of the interface on which the packet arrived.  The BSD/OS
>>based versions of Gauntlet reported the IP address of the actual target or
>>destination.
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>>The latter is what we would prefer seeing recorded.  It allows us to quickly
>>identify activity involving the "dim stars in our corporate firmament" that
>>have taken a laptop home and forgotten to change their system configuration
>>appropriately.  In addition, knowing the target IP address allows us to
>>differentiate between activity targetted at a specific system and activity
>>that is simply probing for a weakness.
>>
>>What are the "sweet nothings" that need to be whispered in Gauntlet's ear to
>>force the recording of the actual destination IP address?
>>
>>Merton Campbell Crockett
>>
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