FW-1 source

["George M. Jones" <gjones () security wcom net>]

> Henry Hertz Hobbit (hhhobbit () icarus weber edu)
> Wed, 23 Sep 1998 19:02:17 -0600 (MDT) wrote in the firewall-wizards list:
>
> As to the source code being available to certain sources in this
> country, it stands to reason that it would be available to some
> government site if they are using it. Any major user of a product
> can frequently ask for and get this, not just the government. If
> one vendor doesn't give it to them, they will go some place else
> where they will get it.

FYI, in early November I heard Deborah Triant Rieman, US president and
CEO of Checkpoint say, with some apparent glee, as part of a panel
discussion that they had turned over the source code for FW-1 to the
NSA for evaluation.  I've since seen a what looks like a party-line
denial of this ever being done.  You choose which to believe....

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