Re: RealSecure on Solaris

["Dominick Glavach" <glavach () ctc com>]

It looks like ISS will continue w/solaris and others.  I do not want to start
a OS Holy War, but Unix is the best fit for RealSecure.


On Oct 21, 10:11am, Reuss, Carolyn (ISSAtlanta) wrote:
> Subject: RE: (Fwd) RealSecure on Solaris
> Sirs,
> RealSecure engines are indeed committed to Unix platforms. Their design
> is to work 24/7, thus Unix platforms are often considered more appropriate
> by some customers.
>
> We are actually adding HPUX and AIX support for the RealSecure System Agent
> year-end.
>
> The only caveat is that we have seen diminishing support for Solaris x86
> engine and are
> expecting to migrate to another more popular Unix platform in the next year.
>
> RealSecure Console today is GUI intensive. We are able to be much more
> responsive
> to customers by not having to maintain cross-platform GUI functionality.
> Most
> customers have not minded a couple of NT machines for management.
> Those that do use our SDK management API, or HPOV or upcoming Tivoli Plug
> ins for management.
>
> If you still have questions, let me know.
> -Carolyn
>
> Carolyn Reuss                            Phone: 678-443-6255
> Product Manager,                         FAX: 678 443-6479
> RealSecure Network Engine          E-mail: creuss () iss net
> Internet Security Systems, Inc.       Internet: http://www.iss.net
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>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:       Thomas, Juley (ISSAtlanta)
> > Sent:       Thursday, October 21, 1999 8:44 AM
> > To: glavach () ctc com
> > Cc: jthomas () iss net; Emery, Ralph (ISSAtlanta); Reuss, Carolyn
> > (ISSAtlanta)
> > Subject:    RE: (Fwd) RealSecure on Solaris
> >
> > Hello Dominick,
> > I'm sorry, but I am not the Real Secure expert around here.  I have copied
> > some of our Real Secure experts in this reply.  Someone should be
> > contacting you soon to address your question.
> > Regards,
> > Juley
> > ===================================
> > Juley Thomas
> > Customer Operations
> > jthomas () iss net
> > www.iss.net
> > Internet Security Systems, Inc.
> > 678.443.6272 / fax 678.443.6474
> > Adaptive Network Security for the Enterprise
> > ===================================
> >
> >             -----Original Message-----
> >             From:   Dominick Glavach [mailto:glavach () ctc com]
> >             Sent:   Thursday, October 21, 1999 8:37 AM
> >             To:     jthomas () iss net
> >             Subject:        (Fwd) RealSecure on Solaris
> >
> >             Do you have any insight into the future of RS on solaris?
> > It appears to me
> >             that
> >             ISS is spiraling down the NT path.
> >
> >             --- Forwarded mail from "Cleaver, Richard J"
> > <Richard.Cleaver () capgemini co uk>
> >
> >             From: "Cleaver, Richard J" <Richard.Cleaver () capgemini co uk>
> >             To: "'firewall-wizards () nfr net'" <firewall-wizards () nfr net>
> >             Subject: RealSecure on Solaris
> >             Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 13:23:27 +0100
> >             Reply-To: "Cleaver, Richard J"
> > <Richard.Cleaver () capgemini co uk>
> >
> >             Does anyone have a view on the future support for RealSecure
> > on the Solaris
> >             platform. ISS Documentation puts an emphasis on NT, but is
> > this the best
> >             choice?
> >
> >             Thanks
> >
> >             Richard
> >
> >
> >             ---End of forwarded mail from "Cleaver, Richard J"
> >             <Richard.Cleaver () capgemini co uk>
> >
> >             --
> >
> > -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >             Dominick Glavach,  IS Security/System Engineer
> > glavach () ctc com
> >             Concurrent Technologies Corporation
> > 814/269-2469
> >
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> -- End of excerpt from Reuss, Carolyn (ISSAtlanta)


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Dominick Glavach,  IS Security/System Engineer          glavach () ctc com
Concurrent Technologies Corporation                     814/269-2469


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