ISAserver.org - RealTime Article Update Hi <SubscriberName>, Title: ISA Firewall Fairy Tales -- What Hardware Firewall Vendors Don't Want You to Know Author: Thomas Shinder Summary: It?s clear that a number of commentators and industry analysts don?t understand the nature of firewall security in the 21st century and still cling to the marketing material they?ve received in 1997 from the current leaders in the firewall space. The problem is that they do their readers a serious disservice, as the glorified "stateful packet filter" of yesteryear just can?t stack up to a serious application layer aware firewall like ISA Server 2004. This article provides you with the fact ammo you need to beat down the your clueless colleagues when they tell you their puppy dog packet filter is better than your ISA firewall. Link: http://www.ISAserver.org/pages/article.asp?id=1229 Visit the Subscription Management (http://newsletter.isoftmarketing.com/) section to unsubscribe. ISAserver.org is in no way affiliated with Microsoft Corp. For sponsorship information, contact us at advertising@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Copyright ? ISAserver.org 2003. All rights reserved.