On Tue, Nov 26, 2002 at 04:19:36PM -0700, Ivan E. Moore II wrote: > >AFAIK Checkpoint is not a firewall at all, but a proxy server. This > >clearly means that it acts like a Web/FTP/whatever server that connects > >people in your company to the outside world by requesting Web pages over > >HTTP and initiating FTP connections on their behalf. > > This is incorrect information. Checkpoint offers proxy capabilities > however by default it is a stateful firewall. Seconded. While Firewall-1 does have some proxy server like capabilities its main function is as a stateful firewall. -- FunkyJesus System Administration Team
