Re: Nokia/Checkpoint firewall

[dwelch () uswestmail net]

On Thu, 03 February 2000, "Josef Pojsl" wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 02, 2000 at 09:55:51PM +1100, Yin To Chu wrote:
> > There is only a Pentium II 450 CPU running FreeBSD 4.0 (optimized by Nokia)
> > in IP650. I read the spec. on Nokia GGSN (GPRS core element) which is IP650.
>  
> are you sure they are using FreeBSD _4.0_? It has not been released,
> and even if it had, it is generally not a Good Thing to run such
> a critical application as firewall on an X.0 OS version. It took some
> time for FreeBSD 3.X to settle down.

The Nokia/VPN-1 Appliance boxes use an Operating System called IPSO. It was derived from FreeBSD and still somewhat 
resembles FreeBSD. It is different from FreeBSD as it exists today. It is not FreeBSD. 

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