Re: FW-1: Questions about DHCP and IPX

Aaron D. Turner (aturnervicinity.com)
Tue, 22 Sep 1998 16:58:25 -0700 (PDT)

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Iraqi code? Isn't Checkpoint an Israeli company? Is it just me or is
anyone else have a hard time believing an Israeli company would
outsource a portion of a product to an Iraqi company? Sounds like FUD
to me unless someone can back it up.

Comments?

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On Tue, 22 Sep 1998, Jason L. Snowden wrote:
> 
> P.S. I don't know if this affects you or not, but FW1 has quite a bit of
> Iraqi-written code in it, and the source code for it was recently published in
> the Gov't/Mil circles, so exploits will be soon to follow surely.  It has been
> banned for use by Government installations for these reasons.  They seem to
> have a problem with a firewall which was written by a nation hostile to the
> United States. No clue why. ;)
> 
> 

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