Uh,
I think Checkpoint does a fine job after you get past level I. I beg to
differ but the support of critical firewalls in a corporate environment is
slightly different than getting the macro function to work right on Word
2000.
Thomas Poole
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert C. Wessel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 5:04 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [FW1] Microsoft has a new stateful inspection firewall
produc t?
Heck, a bunch of people will probably look at it just because Microsoft's
(poor) support is so much better than Checkpoint's (words fail me)
support... I suspect MS will at least figure out how to let you license
the thing. I'm not sure if I should laugh or cry.
-Robert
At 10:57 AM 10/10/00 -0500, Ed Davidson wrote:
>
>Maybe it is not ready for real use right now - but they are jumping into
the
>market. A few years from now this might be a different story. I tested
out
>the Beta, and yes - it did have some real issues - but it has a lot of
>potential.
>
>It has a cache server built it - something Firewall-1 doesn't,
>
>it has UAM built in - an option in Firewall-1---it intigrates with Active
>Directory -- although this is not a viable option now, it will be in a few
>years, and this will make the user rules management very easy.
>
>E-Mail Content Screening at the firewall - Not with a third party CVP
>server.
>
>http://www.microsoft.com/isaserver/productinfo/features.htm has all the
>options listed..
>
>
>I don't see this as a product ready for real use yet - but when Microsoft
>gets behind a product, watch out.
>
>Remember what happened to Netscape?
>
>
>BTW - I just purchased a Firewall-1 license..
>
>
>
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