Re: IBM

[Andrew Yeomans <andrew_yeomans () uk ibm com>]

The Lan Times review of SNG was flawed: at the time, IBM provided an official
response giving details of the problems with the review. In a nutshell, the two
main issues were:
a) The review was of SNG 2.1, but 2.2 was released a month later;
b) It was evident that the reviewers lacked knowledge on firewalls, for example
stating that SNG ".. has no circuit level functionality..", but two sentences
later talking about SNG's use of SOCKS, which I'm sure you know provides
circuit-level functionality. I could give more examples, but I don't really
want to rake over the dying embers of that review.

I'll refer you to the home page http://www.software.ibm.com/enetwork/firewall/
for details of the latest IBM FIrewall V3.2 for AIX and NT. I can't pretend to
be unbiassed, but I think you will find the IBM Firewall is very competitive in
features and price with the other firewalls on the market.

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owner-firewall-wizards () nfr net on 06-04-98 03:13:49 AM
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Subject: IBM


Marcus,
I don't remember any thread on IBM Firewall (formerly SNG). True: I
subscribed to this list only recently.
Since I happen to work *with* (not *for*) an IBM group company, at times I
have to knucle under their pressure.
I expect sooner or later being involved in a discussion about IBM FW. I'd
appreciate any observation on this product.
I remember reading a very negative report on SNG 2.2 a couple of years ago
(it was on LAN Times), but nothing more.
Thank you for your help.
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Franco RUGGIERI
e-mail: fruggieri () selfin net