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QUERY: centralized firewall policy management across multiple vendors
From: william fitzgerald <wfitzgerald () tssg org>
Date: Fri, 02 May 2008 12:25:42 +0100
Dear Firewall Experts,Is there a firewall policy configuration management tool/appliance that can incorporate multiple firewall vendor rules management under one roof?
What I mean is, are there tools that have a generic syntax/language or GUI frontend that can represent for example cisco and juniper netscreen syntax/policy rule sets?
Example Trivial Scenario: +++++++++++++++++++++++++I have 2 firewalls back-to-back with a service running behind them both. Normally one would have to write a firewall rule for the cisco firewall using cisco syntax to permit that services port traffic and then write another equivalent rule on the juniper firewall.
I would like to investigate the generic policy syntax/GUI tool set whereby one (business/firewall) generic rule can be written (permit access to service X) and it *magically* writes rules for multiple vendor firewalls installed on the network.
Any pointers to existing technologies is greatly appreciated if any. regards, Will. -- William M. Fitzgerald, PhD Student, Telecommunications Software & Systems Group, ArcLabs Research and Innovation Centre, Waterford Institute of Technology, WIT West Campus, Carriganore, Waterford. Office Ph: +353 51 302937 Mobile Ph: +353 87 9527083 Web: www.williamfitzgerald.org www.linkedin.com/in/williamfitzgerald www.ryze.com/go/wfitzgerald _______________________________________________ firewall-wizards mailing list firewall-wizards () listserv icsalabs com https://listserv.icsalabs.com/mailman/listinfo/firewall-wizards
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