Re: RE: firewall-wizards digest, Vol 1 #79 - 2 msgs appliance firewall

[Mikael Olsson <mikael.olsson () enternet se>]

Paul Gerry wrote:
> It's always interesting to see what people call an appliance.  
> [huge snip]

Just because it apparently needs to be said again...

It is considered good taste to add little disclaimers in
emails like these. For instance: "I work for Netscreen, an 
appliance-style firewall vendor" could have been appropriate here.

Oh, by the way, something I've been curious to know...
If your firewall is "hardware only", how do you handle
upgrades? I mean, firewalls are best-effort solutions
that need to be upgraded frequenelty in order to counter new 
threats. If, on the other hand, you're able to upgrade the 
firmware, doesn't that make your "appliance" firewall another 
case of a pre-packaged computer (albeit with an uncommon
CPU), running software that does packet filtering? :)

(Yes, I know, this is pure flame bait ;))

Regards,
Mikael Olsson

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