Re: Firewall bake-off?

[Carric Dooley <carric () com2usa com>]

"What's the best firewall?"

How about that one? =)

I thnk those saying you need to match requiremnts to resources (and don't 
forget skillsets; if you have a bunch of IOS jockey's, they will feel 
comforatable with a PIX - somone withouth that background will hate it).


On Mon, 19 Mar 2007, Marcus J. Ranum wrote:

> Jim MacLeod wrote:
> > Meaning no disrespect, it must also be stated that many companies have
> > a business need for their networks to be both Secure and Fast.
>
> Of course they do. Performance is an important thing to understand,
> but it has absolutely nothing to do with what a firewall *DOES*.
>
> > Anyone who completely neglects speed in a
> > firewall will arguably hurt their security posture by contributing to
> > the perception that security slows down your network, thus encouraging
> > end users - or even worse, CIOs - to attempt to bypass it.
>
> Of course. That too. If there's a better example of
> "> "I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT A FIREWALL DOES""
> I can't think of what it might be.
>
> mjr. 
>
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