Jim raises an interesting point. It may fall into the realm of conspiracy theories, but especially in the era of outsourcing support to third world countries that pay their support people six bucks a day, tech support suddenly becomes a huge money maker instead of an unavoidable cost center. What motivation does a software manufacturer have to provide independence and ability for self support to their customers? Absolutely none. It certainly is arguable that a manufacturer would intentionally withhold information, possibly even intentionally release buggy software in order to create and perpetuate said dependence. The fact that some companies, Checkpoint among them, intentionally withhold vital information from users without support contracts clearly supports this contention. Cisco is one exception, and possibly the best example of a company that puts everything possible out in the public domain without requiring high support costs. I have never ever had problems finding the information I need to troubleshoot and fix Cisco problems. I have always had trouble finding the necessary information about Checkpoint products.
What recourse does the end user have in this environment? Purchase and use products that provide all available information to the public domain. That will provide a self correcting process in the marketplace. Just my .02 black helicopters. Hal > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Burwell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 6:07 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [FW-1] Is it true about relicensing checkpoint > > > Hi, > > So it's true that VPNs still fail, even under CPNG if you license the > inside interface instead of the outside interface ? > I recently tried to get a Cisco <-> CPNG VPN going between our Cisco > router and customer's CPNG FW which was configured totally > wrong (it was > amazing how screwed up it was!) Couldn't never get it to work. Not > having access to the 'real' CP KB, or any CPNG docs didn't help much > either (Can't believe CP doesn't even let you download docs w/o a > contract). > > Suprised CP doesn't do something to resolve issues like this. > It'd make > life easier on people who have to support their product, and likely > significantly reduce their tech support call volume. > > - Jim > > -- > +------------------------------------------------------------- > --------------+ > ================================================= To set vacation, Out-Of-Office, or away messages, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] in the BODY of the email add: set fw-1-mailinglist nomail ================================================= To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please see the instructions at http://www.checkpoint.com/services/mailing.html ================================================= If you have any questions on how to change your subscription options, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] =================================================
