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From: Grant Taylor <gtaylor@riverviewtech.net>
To: Mail List - Netfilter <netfilter@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Query: Can Netfilter inspect xml soap traffic
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:13:25 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <47E95CE5.2020402@riverviewtech.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m3abkmy3ug.fsf@ursa.amorsen.dk>

On 03/25/08 14:56, Benny Amorsen wrote:
> Anyway, with the Level-7 match or Deep Packet Inspection or whichever 
> buzz words you prefer, packet filters are closer in capabilities than 
> ever before. At the same time application level proxies are faster 
> than ever before. It's hard to pick a winner.

Very good point.

I suppose one thing to think about is who is going to maintain what. 
Developers would probably be able to maintain (add / change / delete 
rules) an ALG better where as network administration staff would 
probably be able to maintain a hardware firewall better.  Of course, why 
not use some of each.  Use the hardware firewall for the lower end 
simpler aspects of it while using the ALG for the higher end more 
specific aspects.  Let the hardware ASICs do what they do best while 
letting the ALG do what it does best.



Grant. . . .

  reply	other threads:[~2008-03-25 20:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-03-25 15:01 Query: Can Netfilter inspect xml soap traffic william fitzgerald
2008-03-25 16:42 ` Grant Taylor
2008-03-25 17:04   ` william fitzgerald
2008-03-25 17:25     ` Grant Taylor
2008-03-25 17:33     ` Grant Taylor
2008-03-25 17:35       ` Grant Taylor
2008-03-25 19:56     ` Benny Amorsen
2008-03-25 20:13       ` Grant Taylor [this message]
2008-03-26 16:39         ` william fitzgerald

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