Firewall Wizards: Re: [fwd] Firewall Products: Many Not Ready For Prime Time, Study Says

[C Matthew Curtin <cmcurtin () interhack net>]

> > > > > "mjr" == Marcus J Ranum <mjr () nfr net> writes:
mjr> I'll leave it to you to decide if they have a vested
mjr> interest in convincing readers that firewalls should be certified
mjr> by "experts."

These expert evaluations, what happens with them in the trade press,
and subsequently in the offices of IS managers around the world is
both amusing and frightening.

It reminds me of a scene from Star Wars:

     Obi Wan: These are not the droids you're looking for.
Stormtrooper: These are not the droids we're looking for.
     Obi Wan: He can go about his business.
Stormtrooper: You can go about your business.

I think the real problem is in the way the typical MIS manager seems
to view firewalls: one silver bullet that you buy, drop it in place,
and life is good.  I realize not everyone is so naive, but in trying
to wear a consultant's hat for the first part of this year, I've come
to learn some _really_ scary things about the Real World.

As the black hats say, "Ph33r".

-- 
Matt Curtin cmcurtin () interhack net http://www.interhack.net/people/cmcurtin/