Re: non-IP firewalls

[Mark Plesser <plesser () ms com>]

It only runs on NT, I hear. :(




On Thu, 30 Apr 1998, Bernhard Schneck wrote:

> Date: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 21:33:34 +0200
> From: Bernhard Schneck <Bernhard_Schneck () genua de>
> To: -= ArkanoiD =- <ark () mpak convey ru>
> Cc: firewall-wizards () nfr net
> Subject: Re: non-IP firewalls 
>
> In message <AAzPxHryV7 () mpak convey ru> you write:
>  > Some people ask me if i can let ipx through firewalls i build - i answer no
>  > just because i can't filter and monitor it properly and thus it will break t
>  >-he
>  > security policy..
>
> There's a package called Firewall/Plus which claims to be able to
> filter lots of different protocols (I think they claimed about 600),
> includung IPX, SNA and others.
>
> From what I read about it, it seems to be a packet filter starting
> at the MAC layer and working it's way up through the ethernet frame.
>
> I've never used or evaluated it yet, though.  If someone (independent
> from the vendor, with a reputable name in the field :-) has, I'd sure
> like to hear about her/his results.
>
> \Bernhard.

Mark Plesser
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