FW-1 was never a standard installed firewall (not in the AF anyway). The idea
was to have a standardized installation at all military bases so personnel
wouldn't be required to learn new equipment and software every time they got
reassigned. The US Gov't requires competitive bids for any
equipment/software/contract/whatever that it buys, so the theory is that
Checkpoint just didn't win the bid. AFAIK the DOD never made a big deal about
what their reasons were for choosing the firewall products that they did.
-Jon
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Rosenberg [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 8:08 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Military spec firewall
>
> On 7 Jan 2001, at 23:10, Otto Goencz wrote:
>
> > The Air Force uses Sidewinder, the Army uses Gauntlet and the
> > Marines are using Raptor.
>
> > All of them used to have Check Point FW-1, but they removed
> > it.
>
> I would be mighty curious to know *WHY* they bailed on FW-1. Is
> there any place I can read up on this? Did Checkpoint ever *respond*
> to whatever their issues were?
>
> Inquiring mind wants to know ...
>
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