Re: Firewalls- Deep Packet Inspection (L7)

[Meenal Mukadam <meenal.mukadam () gmail com>]

Paloalto does! Reference URL:
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Regards,

Meenal A. Mukadam



On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 7:52 PM, <cybersecure4561 () gmail com> wrote:
> I'm posting to the forum to ask the opinion of senior FW experts on which firewalls truly perform DPI. I've done some 
> research & it appears that their is no industry standard that identifies what DPI is or does.
>
> Those with FW experience on CP, Cisco, Juniper products, which are fw that do DPI of the payload? I ask this question 
> because Cisco IOS CBAC/Inspect or Zone Based rules do use signatures but do not update packet signatures. Cisco 
> relies on the edition of IPS packet inspection (updates by SmartNet contract)to achieve the claim of performing DPI. 
> IPS/IDS do have their place in the infrastructure but they are not FW's. Enterprise security people would not say 
> forget the FW let's use an IDS/IPS instead.
>
> Do check point & Juniper also rely on an IPS as an integral part of DPI or is this function & process carried out 
> only by the FW. I know that CP has bundled an IPS into their suite but their IPS is renowned for false positives. 
> It's my humble opinion that in the high end firewalls Check Point & Juniper really do DPI(L7).
>
> Are their any independent organizations/labs that have tested vendor claims & performance of firewalls that do DPI?
>
>
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