RE: Layer 3-7 Firewall.

["Ben Nagy" <ben () iagu net>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: firewall-wizards-admin () honor icsalabs com 
> [mailto:firewall-wizards-admin () honor icsalabs com] On Behalf 
> Of George J. Jahchan
[...]
> Is there a SPI firewall out there that is application-layer protocol
> aware?

Is there one that isn't?

(FTP can't work without layer 7 "awareness" for example)

Also, SPI is a Checkpoint word, and it is certainly L7 "aware" (whether
it uses this awareness to measurably increase security is another
question....)

Perhaps you could clarify exactly what you mean? I don't want to sound
glib, but the marketeers have made this kind of discussion treacherous
unless we all know that we're talking about exactly the same question.

ben

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