the problem is that the trend from all the other firewall vendors is to
push the GUI and eliminate command line interfaces :-(
David Lang
On Fri, 28 Jul 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 00:22:59 -0400 (EDT)
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: "Firewall List (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Choice of Firewall
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> >>>>> "Jonathan" == "Jonathan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Jonathan> Raptor, Raptor, Raptor...mantra I reapeat everynite when i goto bed. Easy
> Jonathan> to use, secure as hell, no problem with installation and tech support. 92
>of
> Jonathan> the E-business 100 use it(my salesrep told me that one :) ) so I guess a
> Jonathan> hospital could to(that's me!). Trust me, it's a breeze to setup and
> Jonathan> admin.
>
> There is one caveat. When last I checked (late 1999), they still _only_ had
> a GUI to configure the firewall. That means that batch updates,
> configuration revision control, etc. are nigh impossible. If you don't care
> about those "enterprise" features, it _is_ a good product. If you do, it
> bites. I keep offering to buy it if they fix that minor problem (and have
> since it was Eagle Raptor :), but they have never expressed any interest in
> changing their ways. <sigh>
>
> And then there's the lack of source code availability, but that may be a
> lost cause these days. Is any commercial firewall vendor other than NAI
> offering source code?
>
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