Compatibility With Other SunScreen Products

This release differs from previous releases of SunScreen firewall products both in how the Administration Station and Screen communicate with each other and in how rules are defined. You can use the SunScreen EFS 3.0 administration GUI (Web browser) software to manage SunScreen EFS 3.0 and SunScreen EFS, Release 2.0; however, you cannot use it on any other previous versions of SunScreen firewall products. The ss_client command is maintained so you can still remotely manage other Screens through the command line.

See Appendix A, "Migrating From Previous SunScreen Firewall Products" for information regarding command compatibility with previous releases; and for information regarding the current commands for SunScreen EFS 3.0, see Appendix B, "Command Line Reference."

The SunScreen SKIP encryption system built into SunScreen EFS 3.0 is completely compatible with other SKIP implementations, such as prior releases of SunScreen firewall products, SunScreen SKIP for Solaris, or SunScreen SKIP for Microsoft Windows. SunScreen EFS 3.0 can exchange encrypted information with other SunScreen firewall products transparently.

To upgrade to SunScreen EFS 3.0 from prior SunScreen firewall releases, see the upgrading instructions in your SunScreen EFS 3.0 Installation Guide.