Let's say that STN is John's product and he sells it the way it is (which most agree
is pretty great for what it does and what it costs).
But being Linux based, can others build on what John has developed? Can others add
features and either provide them for free or charge a small stipend for the "patch" or
the "additional code"?
Would John really care? (Would you?)
You would think that this would not only strengthen the product, bring it current with
the changes in technology (VPN, Ipsec, etc.) but also provide more sales to John with
the base product. Those that need simple firewall protected routing, here it is. And
those that connect through VPN or live with ICQ can get the code to make it work for
them. I would think that this business moves too fast for just one person to keep it
going.all the time. And it would
be a shame to let STN get lost in history.
Anyone want to buy an EGA Monitor?
Ian McDermid wrote:
> Craig,
>
> Since my post I have discovered that Floppfw supports DHCP but not DNS. The real
>problem with STN however, is the kernel. To support IP Masquerade patches need to be
>applied to allow the support of both IPSEC and PPTP. The FWZ protocol supported by
>Checkpoint. I found this info by typing VPN in Altavista and following the links.
>
> Does John Lombardo still exist ??? surely he must respond to the sub optimalities in
>his product and MAKE SOME ^&*(&^% PROGRESS to catch up with other FREE products.
>
> Ian
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Craig Smith [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2000 12:59 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [ShareTheNet] VPN
>
> Hi Ian
>
> I don't know about STN being dead quite yet, but its very close. It was the first in
>its field by far, and was the best, but its very quickly losing the race. It needs a
>lot of new features to keep it viable, such as more Dynamic DNS services (Free ones),
>Support for PPTP, and point and click support for things like ICQ and other such
>utilities, instead of entering ports manually. (I don't mind, but for it to be as
>simple as possible, it needs these things)
>
> IMHO,
> Greg
> --
>
> On Thu, 10 Aug 2000 03:01:55
> Ian McDermid wrote:
> >You don't need win2k to check this. I have found out what the problem is:
> >
> >Ipfwadm ONLY supports TCP, UDP and ICMP. Checkpoint used IP protocol 94 which if
>you look in /etc/protocols on a Linux box is IPIP ( IP in IP) aka a tunnel.
> >
> >To fix this problem STN needs to upgrade the firewall to IPCHAINS which supports
>more protocols. As there has not been a release sine 2.1.3 I think we have a dead
>product. I have not seen any input from John as to what the future direction is. I
>hope I am wrong in my assessment as STN is by far the best product. However, the use
>of VPN's for Corporate support (dialin via ISP) mandates that IPCHAINS be supported
> >
> >Freesco is also using IPFWADM so it is not an alternative. FLOPPYFW does support
>IPCHAINS so it may be an option however, it has no DNS support so it does not need my
>need for multiple boot diskettes.
> >
> >Any comments ??
> >
> >Ian
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Lawrence K. Chen [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> >Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2000 8:20 AM
> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Subject: RE: [ShareTheNet] VPN
> >
> >I was going to say I'm about to try it....but then they (our IT department)
> >withdrew the latest beta version of SecureRemote (my boss's boss was
> >screaming various words about it during a business trip last week). The
> >official position of our IT department is that they don't support Windows
> >2000, but as a software development company we (in development) don't have
> >that luxury.
> >
> >If they ever come up with a version that works under Windows 2000, I'd still
> >be interested in getting it to work. But, one obstacle at a time 8-)
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Ian McDermid [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> >> Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2000 8:45
> >>
> >>
> >> Is anyone out there using Secure remote to a Checkpoint Firewall1
> >> through STN.
> >>
> >>
> >> Ian
> >>
> >
> >
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