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Re: Is this for real
From: Crispin Cowan <crispin () cse ogi edu>
Date: Tue, 09 Nov 1999 18:10:35 +0000
Anton J Aylward wrote:
... or is it just part of the movement to put "e-" before everything? Somehow I'm not sure this makes sense. I can't see it being used, for example, to support electronic banking. Or am I missing something? http://www.whalecommunications.com/fr_0600.htm
This same product came up for discussion on the Linux Security Audit mailing list about 2 weeks ago. Summary: * It is not really an "air gap" * IMHO, "air gap" it is just a buzzy phrase for a proxy firewall I have not actually evaluated the product, and have no idea how good a firewall it is, but it is basically a proxy firewall. Evaluate it as such. Comment: consider how much you can trust a vendor that gives a product an apparently misleading name like "air gap". The LSAP home page is here: http://lsap.org/ Crispin ----- Crispin Cowan, CTO, WireX Communications, Inc. http://wirex.com Free Hardened Linux Distribution: http://immunix.org
Current thread:
- Re: Is this for real Mikael Olsson (Nov 10)
- Re: Is this for real Rick Smith (Nov 11)
- Re: Is this for real Frederick M Avolio (Nov 14)
- Re: Is this for real Saravana Ram (Nov 15)
- Re: Is this for real Joseph S D Yao (Nov 17)
- Re: Is this for real Frederick M Avolio (Nov 14)
- Re: Is this for real Rick Smith (Nov 11)
- Re: Is this for real Saravana Ram (Nov 14)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Is this for real Crispin Cowan (Nov 10)
- Re: Is this for real Joseph S D Yao (Nov 10)
- RE: Is this for real Bill Stout (Nov 15)
- RE: Is this for real Squire, Jonathan (Nov 15)