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Software Firewalls: Made of Straw? Part 1 of 2
Israel G. Lugo, Don Parker

The concept of a firewall still brings to mind the picture of an impenetrable brick wall, the unsurpassable magic protector of all that is good. The bold statements made by today's security vendors only emphasize this, with claims of complete and automatic security, with a wall able to block all perils dead in their tracks using logic that perhaps didn't exist two years ago. But what if in reality the wall of the firewall is made of straw?

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Software Firewalls: Made of Straw? Part 1 of 2 2007-01-05
Ramlock
The difference is obvious then is it? What is a hardware firewall without software? Firmware *is* software. What is a PIX with no IOS? Not much really. What is a Nokia without IPSO? The same. What is a HP whatever without Splat? Just another server. We won't talk about talk about anything on Windows...

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