Senate probes State Department security

✍ Scribed by Ben McClure

• Book ID: 104298419
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 123 KB
• Volume: 17
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0167-4048
• DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4048(98)80324-6

✦ Synopsis

The ICSA found that 62% of all firewalls submitted were unable to pass certification on their first attempt. Manual reconfigurations had to be made on 35% of firewalls and 21% needed vendor-created patches. 6% never passed. In testing, the ICSA configures the firewall to support business functions, then a whole host of hacking tools are set upon it. The ICSA posts lab notes for certified products at its Web site ( www.icsa.net).