My apologies to anyone free software devotees in the audience. I was not
trying to equate free software with bad software - I'm more than aware that
the free solutions offer experts a level of trust and flexibility that can't
be attained with commercial offerings.
I only used the word "free" because the Cyberpatrol software ships free with
Gauntlet.
Actually, my main gripe is installing a firewall and then also installing
untrusted tangential software. Now, who makes Cyberpatrol again? Oh, that's
right! Mattel! Well known for their security products such as "Packet
Filtering Princess" Barbie and "Dup'ed fragged XMAS RST" Barbie.[1]
Again, please cancel any orders of vengeful FSF goons coming to beat me with
GPL'ed rubber hoses.
Cheers,
[1] Note for US readers: This paragraph contains sarcasm.
--
Ben Nagy
Network Consultant, Volante IT
PGP Key ID: 0x1A86E304 Mobile: +61 414 411 520
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mouss [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, 29 May 2000 9:52 PM
> To: Ben Nagy
> Subject: RE: Gauntlet Exploit
>
>
> The quality of a software piece depends on the efforts made by its
> developer,
> not on the salary that his company is ready to give him.
[snip]
>
> now, free doesn't mean buggy.
[snip]
> regards,
>
>
> mouss
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ben Nagy
> > Sent: Monday, May 29, 2000 1:43 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: RE: Gauntlet Exploit
> >
> >
> > This whole thing kind of surprises me. First of all, I
> can't believe that
> > NAI screwed up on a stupid buffer overflow. Of all the
> stupid errors....
> >
> > However I also can't believe that there are (apparently) so
> many people
> > running _FREE_ and _THIRD PARTY_ software on their
> firewall. Personally I
> > took one look at the virus filtering gear and thought
> "Uh....I don't think
> > so".
> >
> > *sigh*
> >
> > --
> > Ben Nagy
> > Network Consultant, Volante IT
> > PGP Key ID: 0x1A86E304 Mobile: +61 414 411 520
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > [many cries of outrage]
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