[isalist] Re: Nothing is secure like PIX

  • From: "Thomas W Shinder" <tshinder@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 11:11:25 -0500

Normally mild mannered? :)
 
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 
        
        
        An impressive outburst from the normally mild mannered TWS.
Enjoyed it immensely! 

        JB 
        On Wednesday, June 21, 2006, at 08:05 AM, Thomas W Shinder
wrote: 


                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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