Re: IBM secureway firewall

["Marcus J. Ranum" <mjr () ranum com>]

R. DuFresne wrote:
> I see IBM claims it's been used by themselves for 10+ years to secure
> their networks, that it's an all in one product, packet filter,
> proxy/circut level gateway, with VPN features, etc.
>
> Anyone has experience with this beast?  Anyone know the history of the
> product?

It's actually a pretty good proxy firewall. It's directly based on the
TIS Gauntlet/DEC SEAL designs. They added VPN and screening
later, to keep up with the Joneses.

mjr.
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Marcus J. Ranum - Computer and communications Security Expertise
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