Other administrators can not switch user to root even if they know the root password. Systems administrators other than root can only modify the proxy user data base. They are unable to change any programs or alter any configuration file and must pass strong user authentication even at the firewall terminal. FTP and Telnet proxy users do not require system logins since they never logon to the firewall system. User's are unable to issue any commands that run on the firewall or read or write any data on the firewall system.
Source code is available for examination.
Contact LSLI for more information. The gateway routing protocols have been deactivated and replaced with static routing. All activity is logged and options are available to issue alerts upon specified conditions. See the next section for a discussion of telnet , ftp , circuit gateways, NNTP and the generalized proxy server. All rights reserved.