Palo Alto Networks rattles tin, wants $1.5bn for, er, stuff and things Palo Alto Networks is trying to raise $1.5bn in cash for "potential acquisitions" and "strategic transactions", the company said today – though it claims not to have any buyout targets in mind just yet. The company, which recently hired a new chief exec, former Google and Softbank bloke Nikesh Arora, said that of the $1.5bn it …
A decent firewall? It is about as effective as a piece of wet cardboard. My 8 year old could find a way through that without breaking a sweat.....
They are a triumph of style over substance.
And look at their numbers, particularly the one with - in front of it, in the profits column. 12 years and still no sign of a profit and now this? Absurd.......
You can break through a Palo firewall? Really....
I could argue all day about the pros and cons of the different firewall vendors but being able to break through ANY of them is some sort of movie based nonsense.
If anyone is achieving access into a network beyond a palo firewall then its because someone has configured the rule base to allow it.
Oh wow, they have a bug list.
I'll bet you work for the vendor who doesn't disclose their bugs.
I could tell you how to mitigate nearly all of those Palo bugs before they are even published but sounds like you don't need to know anyway because your company are writing their own firewalls.
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