[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] RE: [FW1] Hardware??
C'est vrai. I've been told by Nokia engineers that their OS was originally based on FreeBSD, but has been shrunken and hardened by removing extraneous services, then tweaked to enhance routing performance. -- Mark L. Decker Rainfinity [email protected] Nokia is *NOT* based on NT. It runs their own OS called IPSO which is based on either Net or Free BSD. -- Aaron Turner [email protected] Engineer Vicinity Corp. Cell:http://www.vicinity.com On Thu, 21 Sep 2000, Hartley, Earl wrote: > > Actually, it's an Intel box running (EXTREMELY) stripped-down NT code. > > W Earl > Hartley > Sr. Network > Engineer > Lehman > Brothers, Inc. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Lee Hughes [SMTP:[email protected]] > > Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2000 12:12 PM > > To: 'Ryan Morgan'; '[email protected]' > > Subject: RE: [FW1] Hardware?? > > > > > > Nokia in the UK, seems expensive 50% more expensive.. > > > > why is that? as for as I can gather it's an copy of firewall-1 running on > > a > > unix machine on a 'black box'???? > > > > is there any reason why I want to go down that route rather than build my > > own.....I guess you don't need an O/S License...but 50% more expensive, > > perhaps they have firewall supergod working in support, not clueless > > muppets...? > > > > I'd say run with what you know best..and price is always an issue unless > > your > > one of the silly .com start up with more money than sense (how bitter I am > > these days). > > Cheers, > > Lee > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ryan Morgan [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: 21 September 2000 16:29 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [FW1] Hardware?? > > > > > > > > We are looking at implementing either checkpoint VPN1 on a Nokia or Sun > > platform. Any suggestions or problems with either box? Thanks for your > > help.. > > ============================================================================ ==== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please see the instructions at http://www.checkpoint.com/services/mailing.html ============================================================================ ==== ================================================================================ To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please see the instructions at http://www.checkpoint.com/services/mailing.html ================================================================================
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