Firewall Wizards: AltaVista Firewall

["Matthew J. Harmon" <mjh () itys net>]

I recently entered an client engagement and they are using the AltaVista 
Firewall (migrating away, but still need support).  About five years ago 
I very briefly worked with this product (Digital -> Compaq/HP) which now 
appears to have no support, the digital.com website for their software 
(altavista.software.digital.com) is gone, the compaq website only has 
product information (no technical documentation) and the support tech 
(last ditch effort!) I talked to argued with me for ten minutes about 
how AltaVista is a search engine and not a firewall.
So far, my only luck has been the wayback machine, which has even 
provided me little information.
At this point, I am tossing myself at the mercy of those who may have 
experience with this firewall and perhaps documentation saved around 
somewhere?  Or even a quick write up would be great.  With permission, I 
will make a quick AltaVista Firewall 101 FAQ.
Thanks for any help you can provide!

-Matthew
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