Re: help in firewall

[Paul Robertson <proberts () patriot net>]

On Wed, 28 May 2003, karthikeyan c wrote:

> hi,
>    we are interested in implementing a firewall using java.we would like
> to know whether this project is feasible or not.your valuable
> suggestions are welcomed to c_karthi_keyan () mail com
>                  thank you,

Like most things, the answer is "it depends."  Can you, sure, it's been 
done before, and no doubt will be done again.  Is it the best language for 
implementing a firewall?  I don't happen to think that any language that 
wants that large of a runtime environment is a good language for a 
security application.

Paul
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