yep. it has been in production for over 48 hours now and it has been faultless - so far :-)
> Do yo uhave FP3 SP going ok? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Damien Hart [mailto:damien.hart@;CANBERRATIMES.COM.AU] > Sent: 30 October 2002 22:02 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [FW-1] Secureplatform - licensing and security > > > IMHO I think you would be hard put to find something else to harden on > SecurePlatform, it seems to be very good straight off the CD and takes > only a couple of minutes to install. There are a couple of things it is > lacking because it is so hardened but in the "expert" mode you have a > root shell that gives you access to everything that they have left and > you can also install other RPMs (I suggest to start with a cron daemon). > You can write your own Linux scripts and you have SSH remote shell > access to it as well. I have mine configured to do automatic backups to > another machine and automatic log exports which are tweaked using awk > and sed etc before they leave the box - very handy... > > I would definately choose it over Windows simply because it is Linux > (don't bother flaming me for that one Windows lovers :-p ) and although > I have had my fair share of fun and games getting it operational > (including two complete rebuilds of the objects and rulebase) it has > proven to be quite stable in production. > > For those not completely competent with Linux security it will put your > mind at rest to know the hardening has been done by the people who > *should* know what to harden :-) > > thats my 2 cents worth anyway > > Damo > > P.S. Existing licenses can be used on any platform afaik, including > SecurePlatform, but you will save yourself a Windows server OS. > > > > Hello all, > > > > After reading the mailing list for awhile and seeing as how many of > > you > are > > using secureplatform I was wondering how I might be able to get it as > well. > > What are the licensing issues behind it? I checked on CheckPoint's > > price list (https://pricelist.checkpoint.com/sections/Enterprise.asp) > > and didn't find it listed. Can you run it with just a FW-1 license? > > > > Also, is secureplatform secure enough to cut down the time it takes to > > > harden an OS like Windows 2000? What I mean is, am I going to be > > spending time customizing and hardening the system, or does it just > > work off the install, defaults and all? > > > > In general, what do you think about the secureplatform? > > > > Thanks for your help. > > > > ...................... > > Ian Neubert > > Director of IS > > TWAcomm.com, Inc. > > http://www.TWAcomm.com/ > > > > ================================================= > > 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] > > ================================================= > > > > > > ================================================= > 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] > ================================================= > > ============================================= > > This email has been content filtered and > subject to spam filtering. 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