Firewall Wizards: RE: IBM

["Garbrick, Randy" <rgarb () data-io com>]

Perhaps you could provide me with format of the IPSEC tunnel export file
for IBM Firewall V3.2 for NT then.  As we all know, a good product is
useless without good service and good documentation.  I have already
been ignored by the good folks at
http://www.software.ibm.com/enetwork/firewall/.
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> From:         Andrew Yeomans[SMTP:andrew_yeomans () uk ibm com]
> Reply To:     Andrew Yeomans
> Sent:         Monday, April 06, 1998 2:54 AM
> To:   fruggieri () selfin net
> Cc:   firewall-wizards () nfr net
> Subject:      Re: IBM
>
> The Lan Times review of SNG was flawed: at the time, IBM provided an
> official
> response giving details of the problems with the review. In a
> nutshell, the two
> main issues were:
> a) The review was of SNG 2.1, but 2.2 was released a month later;
> b) It was evident that the reviewers lacked knowledge on firewalls,
> for example
> stating that SNG ".. has no circuit level functionality..", but two
> sentences
> later talking about SNG's use of SOCKS, which I'm sure you know
> provides
> circuit-level functionality. I could give more examples, but I don't
> really
> want to rake over the dying embers of that review.
>
> I'll refer you to the home page
> http://www.software.ibm.com/enetwork/firewall/
> for details of the latest IBM FIrewall V3.2 for AIX and NT. I can't
> pretend to
> be unbiassed, but I think you will find the IBM Firewall is very
> competitive in
> features and price with the other firewalls on the market.
>
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>
> owner-firewall-wizards () nfr net on 06-04-98 03:13:49 AM
> Please respond to fruggieri () selfin net
> To: firewall-wizards () nfr net
> cc:
> Subject: IBM
>
>
> Marcus,
> I don't remember any thread on IBM Firewall (formerly SNG). True: I
> subscribed to this list only recently.
> Since I happen to work *with* (not *for*) an IBM group company, at
> times I
> have to knucle under their pressure.
> I expect sooner or later being involved in a discussion about IBM FW.
> I'd
> appreciate any observation on this product.
> I remember reading a very negative report on SNG 2.2 a couple of years
> ago
> (it was on LAN Times), but nothing more.
> Thank you for your help.
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> Franco RUGGIERI
> e-mail: fruggieri () selfin net