Secure Computing issued a press release on receiving _Information_Security_ Magazine's "bronze" award in the "network firewall" category: ...
kkadow@...
Jan 3, 2005 12:18 am
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Ken, You hit the nail on the head about the SecureOS being just too difficult to do anything with. I mean I'm all for the best possible security, but I can't...
... I use several 1750 machines, mostly running OpenBSD but also a few purchased as Sidewinders for low-throughput deployments. Technically, the 1750 is a...
Kevin
kkadow@...
Jan 8, 2005 9:20 pm
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According to Secure Computing's web site, the "End-Of-Life" data for the Gauntlet 6.0 firewall was 12/31/2004: ...
Kevin
kkadow@...
Jan 20, 2005 2:31 am
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See answer below ... Standby-Standby configuration: 230 (GUI reports fail over in 28 seconds, worst case) If you force the acting master down, failover...
I have been told by SCC that this basically you can still used the knowledge base, but no "new support" will be offered, and the only development that will be...
... That's a shame, being able to set the MTU on specific routes could be very useful in working around network weirdness. ... If it's documented as a feature...
Kevin
kkadow@...
Feb 4, 2005 6:01 am
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... Enabling SNMP access to Sidewinder statistics is as simple as turning on the 'snmpd' service for the burb, setting an "Allowed Get Community", and enabling...
Kevin
kkadow@...
Feb 22, 2005 12:38 am
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Bryan, See my comments below. On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 09:48:44 -0500, sidewinder@... ... I know from previous conversations that you have been diligent at...
This is good news, something sorely lacking in Sidewinder today. ... This is bad news. With the cost of the EM, I'd expect to get graphical reporting at no...
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the sidewinder-users group: What features would you like to see in a new SMTP transparent proxy for G2?...
sidewinder-users@yaho...
Feb 25, 2005 10:09 pm
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Dan, See my questions below, and my responses. On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 13:55:01 -0800, sidewinder@... ... Just so we are clear, "snmp across my...
Jeff, See below, some of this is not directly related to the topic, but to the process of talking about/exchanging information on the topic. On Wed, 02 Mar...
... Asking Secure Computing to support running additional milters through sendmail within SecureOS might be a non-starter, considering type enforcement and...
Kevin
kkadow@...
Mar 4, 2005 12:43 am
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On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 12:03:27 -0700 (MST), Steve Holden ... I won't argue with that statement. I emailed a low-priority support question late this past Friday...
Kevin
kkadow@...
Mar 14, 2005 9:22 pm
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... I've had the opportunity to deploy PIX in front of Sidewinder G2, and declined -- I don't really see the value of the Internet->PIX->G2 approach over...
... In this most basic of deployments (not a "firewall sandwich" type of DMZ), the goal would be to pre-filter the traffic that comes in to the G2 firewall,...
Kevin
kkadow@...
Mar 16, 2005 1:22 am
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Has anybody been able to make AOL Instant Messenger work successfully using the standard HTTP proxy in Sidewinder G2? AOL has a "https" mode which will use...
Kevin
kkadow@...
Mar 17, 2005 8:36 am
67
On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 11:35:34 -0600, sidewinder@... ... Richard, I'm not sure what you are saying. Where the older machines running current G2 code or...
You've probably already seen the BHC report from this January, a brief (8 page) report written for SCC showing effectiveness of Sidewinder G2 against assorted...
... The problem is fixed as of Sidewinder G2 6.1.0 Patch 6, installing patch 6 has resolved the open issues with getting Bloomberg clients to function via...
Kevin
kkadow@...
Mar 30, 2005 6:04 pm
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Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the sidewinder-users group: How are you using Enterprise Manager? o We don't have G2EM, we locally...
sidewinder-users@yaho...
Apr 6, 2005 2:32 am
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I received the official 6.1.1 announcement today, and also noticed "(611)" versions of the G2 documentation on the support site. Interestingly, the updated...
Kevin
kkadow@...
Apr 8, 2005 12:16 am
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All, Our organization just put online two of our 6 Sidewinder G2's this week. Forced to G2 since SCC got rid of Gauntlet.....(still have Gauntlet 6.0 Solaris...
... Many would say this is the price of progress, or that you could always go back to FWTK. Gauntlet 6.0 on Solaris had serious performance problems, and...
Kevin
kkadow@...
Jun 8, 2005 1:51 pm
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For a real laugh try smartreporter. It reports all your users web browsing habits, by IP address that is. Real useful for us DHCP users. On the positive side,...
... At this point, FWTK would be an "extreme retrograde upgrade" ;) It's interesting to note that virtually all the components from the toolkit have been...
To follow up on my own post. As usual, I open my mouth and insert my foot. After I emailed my post about smartreporter (but before it hit the mailing list) I...
All, We're wanting something that will actively watch allows/denys on FILTER RULES (we can do this with proxies) or ports/protocols that have no rule at all....
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