Re: Proxies, opensource and the general market: what's wrong with us?

On Fri, 29 Apr 2011, Claudio Telmon wrote:

> I wouldn't say that most users think that blocking ports is the only
> thing a firewall should/can do. Almost every device has currently this
> basic functionality, including routers, load balancers etc., so
> companies buying an expensive firewall expect it to do something more.
> The problem is, if they know what, and if they get it or not ;)

actually, the problem is that many companies _don't_ expect the firewall 
to do anything more. and neither to many admins (unfortunantly including a 
large percentage of 'security' people)

David Lang