Air Gap or Castles in the Air?

[Roger Marquis <marquis () roble com>]

> I am trying to get a handle on the difference between an air gap appliance 
> and a firewall.

The distinction between a firewall and what infosecuritymag.com considers 
an "air-gap" product is nothing more than marketing hype.

A half-duplex datastream with pico-second turnaround, coupled with a
micrometer gap between two fiber connectors doesn't make a product
any more or less secure than other firewalls.

Burton Malkiel's "A Random Walk Down Wall Street" would peg these as
classic "castles in the air" i.e., a great way to separate overly-well
funded and technically challenged VCs from their money.

IMHO,
--
Roger Marquis
Roble Systems Consulting
http://www.roble.com/


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