RE: [FW1] Microsoft has a new stateful inspection firewall produc t?

["Robert C. Wessel" <rwessel@FW1-NOSPAMcfsoft.com>]

Heck, a bunch of people will probably look at it just because Microsoft's
(poor) support is so much better than Checkpoint's (words fail me)
support...  I suspect MS will at least figure out how to let you license
the thing.  I'm not sure if I should laugh or cry.

-Robert

At 10:57 AM 10/10/00 -0500, Ed Davidson wrote:
>
>Maybe it is not ready for real use right now - but they are jumping into the
>market.  A few years from now this might be a different story.  I tested out
>the Beta, and yes - it did have some real issues - but it has a lot of
>potential.
>
>It has a cache server built it - something Firewall-1 doesn't,
>
>it has UAM built in - an option in Firewall-1---it intigrates with Active
>Directory -- although this is not a viable option now, it will be in a few
>years, and this will make the user rules management very easy.
>
>E-Mail Content Screening at the firewall - Not with a third party CVP
>server.
>
>http://www.microsoft.com/isaserver/productinfo/features.htm has all the
>options listed..
>
>
>I don't see this as a product ready for real use yet - but when Microsoft
>gets behind a product, watch out.
>
>Remember what happened to Netscape?
>
>
>BTW - I just purchased a Firewall-1 license..
>
>
>
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