The security servers are there for authentication purposes(user, session etc.) if you want protection above layer four you need to purchase Opsec compliant third party products like Virus Wall or Websense and or an IDS.
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] For Account Management (unsubscribe, get/change password, etc) Please go to: http://lists.gnac.net/mailman/listinfo/firewalls
