On Thursday 06 April 2006 13:56, Gabriel George POPA wrote: > I've heard a lot about those Symantec firewall machines (that cost > something around 15000$-30000$).
That's a lot of money for a firewall. > In fact I don't know many details, just > that customers are pleased to give the money and say that they're safe > behing that Symantec machine. That's probably it. They want that warm, false sense of security and stability that only paid support can give. > Just out of curiosity, can OpenBSD do what Symantec does? Not bleed you dry. But seriously, what do you need it to do? > Is Symantec's encryption better than that included in OpenBSD (I must > mention that I live in Europe, maybe US export laws apply)? To Symantec? Yes. > Does Symantec worth all this money? Depends on what youre looking for. If you're looking to throw money away on a "commercial supported" solution Symantec is for you. > On the other hand, I was thinking that maybe, just maybe, Symantec > uses a modified version of OpenSSL on these machines. Is this possible? It's possible. --- Lars Hansson
