Re: Firewalls that generate new packets..

["Paul D. Robertson" <paul () compuwar net>]

On Sun, 25 Nov 2007, Bill McGee (bam) wrote:

> Yes, PIX/ASA has a different OS tham IOS. That's on purpose. Lots of
> folks have policies which require that their security is different from
> their infrastructure. Of course, we also offer the IOS Firewall, which
> is another Enterprise-Class firewall with full routing functionality.

Come on Bill, that's about the biggest load of revisionist history since 
someone tried to hand Checkpoint an award for inventing the firewall!  PIX 
has a different OS becauase it was an acquired product- and it started on 
a different platform (x86) with a different OS (Phoenix.)  While Cisco's 
been IOSing it over time it started different because it wasn't a Cisco 
product.

> Senior Marketing Manager

Marketing spin?  Sheesh!

Paul
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