RE: Firewall configuration statistics

[ATD <simon () snosoft com>]

I only ask because I think we might be able to help each other out... we
build and sell a product called ANVIL,
http://www.secnetops.com/products.


On Wed, 2003-06-25 at 12:33, Bhavin Yadav wrote:
> Can we please stop this thread over here ???
>
> Moderator: Please note that this is a discussion forum and not a tennis
> ball court where everybody punches ball to other's court.
> If you want to know OR if you know answer to something, then you are
> most welcome otherwise PELASE STOP SPAMMING 12000 EMAIL BOXES AND SAVE
> INTETRNET BANDWIDTH. 
> Thanks for your cooperation,
> Bhavin.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ATD [mailto:simon () snosoft com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 2:49 PM
> To: security () rexwire com
> Cc: security-basics () securityfocus com
> Subject: Re: Firewall configuration statistics
>
> SKP, 
>       How do you expect to figure out which firewall's are
> misconfigured? I
> highly doubt that you will be able to get accurate information, and I
> also doubt that you can trust any other story that tells you that they
> know. 
>
> 1-) People don't talk about their firewalls.
> 2-) It is, for the most part, illegal to run security tests on a network
> that is not yours.
>
> Be careful what you write about... you don't want to end up saying
> something silly like... "IDS is useless".
>
>
> On Fri, 2003-06-06 at 12:29, security () rexwire com wrote:
> > I remember once reading that X amount of firewall's are misconfigured.
> Does
> > anyone know where I can get this statistic from? We are making some
> new
> > marketing material and I would like to include this stat in it. A
> quotable
> > source would be great.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > SKP
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