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To: Scott C. Lemon who wrote (28547)	10/12/1999 10:28:00 AM
From: ToySoldier	Read Replies (1) of 42771

Scott, I personally use the Hummingbird client stack and its OK. IBM and Aventail have a co-solution partnership and therefor we are internally encouraged to use the Aventail client solution. I have had the Aventail solution demonstrated to me and it is a much more intuitive solution to work with on the client systems. Alternatively, IBM employees can avoid a SOCKSified client stack and use the "AUTOPROXY" section of their browser to SOCKSify just their browser. This also allows for firewall load-balancing. With SOCKS, there are a lot of options on how one can setup the client and setup the firewall. SOCKS is more secure and flexible than NAT, but also much more complex. With SOCKS basically I cannot think of an Internet app that would not work since it is an application layer firewall solution. The approriate ports simply have to be opened on the firewall that allow the service to be translated between the outside world and the inside world. On the firewall side, IBM uses its own eNetwork Firewall solution - what else! It is run on several large AIX boxes. With that being said, I personally think its not the best of breed solution. I have been told by a person close to this solution that IBM had to implement Aventail's SOCKS deamons because IBM's eNetwork firewall SOCKS support - well - sucks. That might help explain the IBM-Aventail partnership. This is the area of SOCKS that is a disadvantage as far as I know about SOCKS. Its extremely firewall intense. I was told that something like 6 SOCKS sessions/deamons have to be created for one browser session. Well, in an Internal corporate network like IBM's, think how much strain that would put on their firewalls. IBM's eNetwork Firewall solution - if your interested... commerce.www.ibm.com Sorry - time for another meeting.... Toy

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