From: Nick Drage <nickd@funkyjesus.org>
To: netfilter@lists.netfilter.org
Subject: Re: IPTABLES vs Checkpoint
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 01:11:44 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20021127011144.C14289@funkyjesus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <000801c295a2$4a9cb620$0100a8c0@covert.tdyc.com>; from rkrusty@tdyc.com on Tue, Nov 26, 2002 at 04:19:36PM -0700
On Tue, Nov 26, 2002 at 04:19:36PM -0700, Ivan E. Moore II wrote:
> >AFAIK Checkpoint is not a firewall at all, but a proxy server. This
> >clearly means that it acts like a Web/FTP/whatever server that connects
> >people in your company to the outside world by requesting Web pages over
> >HTTP and initiating FTP connections on their behalf.
>
> This is incorrect information. Checkpoint offers proxy capabilities
> however by default it is a stateful firewall.
Seconded. While Firewall-1 does have some proxy server like capabilities
its main function is as a stateful firewall.
--
FunkyJesus System Administration Team
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-11-27 1:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-11-26 19:28 IPTABLES vs Checkpoint Wayne de Nobrega
2002-11-26 20:53 ` Nigel Clarke
2002-11-26 22:32 ` Nix N. Nix
2002-11-26 23:19 ` Ivan E. Moore II
2002-11-27 1:11 ` Nick Drage [this message]
2002-11-27 1:13 ` Nick Drage
2002-11-27 2:17 ` Nigel Clarke
2002-11-26 22:32 ` Ben Russo
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-11-27 6:39 Reckhard, Tobias
2002-11-28 11:23 ` Florent AIDE
2002-11-27 6:45 Wayne de Nobrega
2002-11-27 12:06 ` Nick Drage
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