Re: Application Intelligent vs ALG

[Tony Miedaner <miedaner () twcny rr com>]

I attended an event where they discussed this.  Basically, what you pay for 
with Checkpoint is Inspect.  What they are doing is making it easier for 
you to create inspect code.  Basically it has always been there with 
inspect it just that you had to write an inspect script and really know 
what you are doing to use it.  Some of the SmartDefense write-ups indicate 
what you are going to be able to do.

Will it scale to thousands of little scripts?  Can't answer that.

Does it provide any better coverage than a proxy. Maybe or Maybe Not.  I 
guess as everything it depends what you are comparing it against.

Like anything if it doesn't do a single particular function that you need 
then it is kind of useless.

At 09:36 AM 6/19/2003 +0800, SimonChan () lifeisgreat com sg wrote:
> Hi fw-wiz,
>
> check point recently came up with a new module called Application
> Intelligence which does
> "deep packet inspection".
>
> Has anyone used this AI module before ?
>
> How does this compare with against traditional application proxy (ALG)
> firewalls like gauntlet/CyberGuard/Borderware ?
>
> tks.
>
>
> Rgds,
>
> Simon Chan,   MCP/MCSA/CCNA/CCSA/WCSP
> Senior Security Engineer
>
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