Network Security Journal: Firewalls, the Future and Web 2.0

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Firewalls aren't going away - they're getting smarter. The next wave of products will be driven by integration, specialization and virtualization.

By Scarlet Pruitt
June 11th, 2007

If there was such thing as a Firewall Outlet Mall you would see shelves filled with scores of products, from simple routers to security appliances of all shapes, sizes and capabilities. Perhaps there would be a sprawling enterprise software demo, with hundreds of clients connected to a server running the latest version of Microsoft Corp.’s ISA Server. Third-party service providers would setup stands to advertise their wares, and price tags would hang in the air, ranging from next to nothing, to hundreds of thousands of dollars.

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