Don... I think you yourself already explained what is seen as a proxy...
If you want to go into more detail on the exact products features you can look at the appropriate documentation of the product itself and then you can ask for personal experience about the product on this list... Most of the debates are about application level firewalls and packet level firewalls... But this is a thread that can also be answered if you read the first best firewall book... So I would advise you to try to find a good book about firewalls or try to look it up @ google.com... Regards, Brenno Damn... I am almost sounding as a moderator here :o) > -----Original Message----- > From: Don Ng [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: donderdag 31 januari 2002 14:20 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Definition of a proxy firewall > > Hi all, I have been selling firewall recently and I would like to know > what constitutes a more formal definition of a "proxy application > firewall". > I do know that there is no single clear description but probably various > degrees of "proxiness" <is that a word?> > > Could anyone care to rehash an old debate? > I have only been exposed to CyberGuard and Cisco pix firewalls,at this > point in time so limited vision. > > Proxy > 1.0 Act as a middleman > 2.0 Traditional client to server becomes client to FW to Server and in the > reverse direction. > 3.0 Supposed to follow RFC on protocol standards <which, how much> > 4.0 Supposed to be able to filter on commands at the application level. > > > Nothing too heated please. > > Don Ng _______________________________________________ Firewalls mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnac.net/mailman/listinfo/firewalls
