Re: Firewalls that generate new packets..

[Cat Okita <cat () reptiles org>]

On Mon, 26 Nov 2007, Bill McGee (bam) wrote:
> Complicated, yes. Too complicated? Hardly. In fact, a number of features
> in the PIX and the IOS Firewall were the result of program and code
> sharing between our PIX and IOS Firewall teams.

I suspect that you might decline to respond, but I'd be quite interested
in hearing your thoughts about the vulnerability implications of code
sharing between products - I've noticed that many of the recent issues
with various Cisco products appear in groups that leave me quite curious
about the extent of code and/or programmer sharing.

cheers!
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