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Re: Firewall Throughput
From: jan () nil si
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 18:23:14 +0200
From everything I've heard, the PIX (and the NetRanger) are based on a stripped down version of Solaris x86. Therefore, Cisco has definitely crossed the line in claiming that PIX is not based on a Unix system.
Just to put an end to this whole discussion, here are some facts ;))) 1. PIX runs an operating system called Finesse, which is small, multithreaded, and not UNIX-like, at least in user-space; a Finesse user can configure the firewalling subsystem, view the process table, view some system stats, upgrade the system, an not much else in userland. In my opinion, it would be close to QNX/VXworks, if you had to compare it with anything (and I am guessing here). 2. NetRanger (oops, the Cisco Secure Intrusion Detection System) sensors do run on a hardened && stripped Solaris x86 - without an IP address on the untrusted interface :) Cheers, Jan Jan Bervar Specialist za podatkovne komunikacije, CCIE #2527 Consulting Engineer NIL Data Communications, Einspielerjeva 6, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia Phone +386 1 4746 500 Fax +386 1 4746 501 http://www.NIL.si _______________________________________________ Firewall-wizards mailing list Firewall-wizards () nfr net http://www.nfr.net/mailman/listinfo/firewall-wizards
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