Gauntlet is doing Adaptive Proxy so they are actually both a proxy and a stateful packet filter.
At 10:51 AM 4/16/2002 -0500, Noonan, Wesley wrote: >Who is still making a proxy firewall then (not hybrid)? I am relatively sure >that ISA is. Sounds like the PIX are kind of sort of a hybrid. Is Gauntlet >still being made? What about Raptor? I seem to recall them being a proxy >too. > >TIA > >Wes Noonan, MCSE/MCT/CCNA/CCDA/NNCSS >Senior QA Rep. >BMC Software, Inc. >(713) 918-2412 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://www.bmc.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Rick Murphy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 10:42 > > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > Subject: RE: Replacing my old PIX Classic > > > > At 09:55 AM 4/16/2002 -0500, Ron DuFresne wrote: > > > > >Isn't fw1 really a stateful packet filtering solution as apposed to a > > >proxy solution like the old gauntlet? > > > > > >Thanks, > > > > > >Ron DuFresne > > > > Gauntlet uses a packet filter at the core. That's how transparency works. > > Also, in current versions, how dynamic proxies work - by adjusting packet > > filter rules. > > > > Firewall-1 uses several proxies (SMTP, HTTP, etc.). They just call them > > "security servers". > > > > Now, you're right that Gauntlet is primarily a proxy firewall and > > Firewall-1 is primarily a stateful packet filtering firewall. Both > > products > > are hybrids. > > -Rick > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Firewalls mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.gnac.net/mailman/listinfo/firewalls >_______________________________________________ >Firewalls mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://lists.gnac.net/mailman/listinfo/firewalls _______________________________________________ Firewalls mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnac.net/mailman/listinfo/firewalls
