RE: [FW1] how "open" is OPSEC

[Chris Marshall <chris@secure-si.co.uk>]

On Wednesday, October 13, 1999 7:09 PM, karimi@ca.ibm.com [SMTP:karimi@ca.ibm.com] wrote:
> Checkpoint claims that LEA and OPSEC are "open."   However, it appears the
> code that each vendor uses to implement the OPSEC protocols is copyright by
> and strictly licensed by CheckPoint.  They have not placed LEA and its
> implementations in the public domain.
> 
> They have done a great job convincing customers that OPSEC is open,
> but, in fact, it is a closed and proprietary system.

Er, no. 

Go to www.opsec.com, fill in the form, and download the OPSEC SDK.  In the SDK
you'll find API documentation, example implementations (including an LEA client)
for Solaris and Win32, and more besides. 

If you download all of the stuff for Win32 and Solaris you get over 20Mb of
*compressed* archives. Pretty good value for money(*), I'd say :-)

--Chris

(*) It's free...

  Chris Marshall
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