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List:       firewall-wizards
Subject:    Re: [fw-wiz] Air Gaps vs. Firewalls
From:       Roger Marquis <marquis () roble ! com>
Date:       2000-10-21 18:04:05
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"Talisker" <Talisker@networkintrusion.co.uk> wrote:
> The product looks pretty good, but the techie in me is saying how and the
> security dude in me is saying what if

You also have to wonder why these products call themselves "air-gap"
when most of them have no physical gap and those that do apparently
use it only to differentiate their products from the rest of the
firewall marketplace.  This pseudo-differentiation should raise
red flags to those with a technical, as opposed to marketing,
background.

Before marketing redefined air-gap this term was used by the DOE/DOD
to mean what you'd expect: no physical connectivity whatsoever.
If the new definition is an effort to sell firewalls into previously
disconnected government networks it could be a serious problem.
Anyone on the list from the DOE or DOD care to comment?

-- 
Roger Marquis
Roble Systems Consulting
http://www.roble.com/


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