[isalist] Re: Nothing is secure like PIX

  • From: "Thomas W Shinder" <tshinder@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 13:10:11 -0500

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Harrison
> Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 12:19 PM
> To: isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [isalist] Re: Nothing is secure like PIX 
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> Actually, I believe the subject line was mistyped:
> "PIX is secure like nothing" 
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>    Jim Harrison
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Thomas W Shinder
> Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 09:11
> To: isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [isalist] Re: Nothing is secure like PIX 
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> Normally mild mannered? :)
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> Thomas W Shinder, M.D.
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>       From: isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Becker
>       Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 10:44 AM
>       To: isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>       Subject: [isalist] Re: Nothing is secure like PIX 
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>       An impressive outburst from the normally mild mannered 
> TWS. Enjoyed it immensely! 
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>       JB 
>       On Wednesday, June 21, 2006, at 08:05 AM, Thomas W 
> Shinder wrote: 
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>               Hi EM, 
>               You are right. PIX is not very secure. It's a 
> router with some advanced ACLs and does neat routing tricks. 
> But when it comes to security, you're very very wrong that 
> it's more secure. Hardware doesn't fall from heaven, and all 
> "hardware" is controlled by software, and Syphco's core 
> compentancy is not application protection -- it's routing and 
> switching. 
>               I agree that there is no comparison between PIX 
> and ISA -- only a fool would be convinced that they get any 
> real security from a PIX, becuase they never took the time to 
> learn about network security and what the end game was. Check 
> Point? That's another story. 
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