Re: sourcefire acquired by checkpoint

[Chris Clymer <cclymer () gmail com>]

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Michael Holstein wrote:
> > Checkpoints core products run on Solaris, Linux, AIX and Windows. Not
> > sure why you think that they are completely a windows centric company.
>
>
> Core product, yes. But you're still stuck with their GUI-based rule
> editor/viewer.

Yup.  I worked for a place that basically did Checkpoint consulting
work.  We ran linux virtually everywhere including our CP boxes(SPLAT
being based on old RH), but found despite a few things that ran in
Linux, we flat out couldn't do our jobs without Windows.

I ended up running SmartDashboard in Win2k within Vmware on my Slackware
laptop.

They're a strange company.  Their core product runs on Linux, but the
end-user stuff is essentially all Windows.  I guess they figure most
people admining it can't handle something else?
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          Chris Clymer - Chris () ChrisClymer com
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