相对于全球网络市场的持续低迷和万马齐暗而言,2001年,中国的网络产品市场可谓是在一个暖冬中度过,而其中,作为网络安全产品的重中之重,防火墙产品更名副其实成为这个冬天里燃烧的一把火焰。 先是一系列沸沸扬扬的黑客大战和病毒事件把防火墙市场推向了一个高潮,两日内700多家网站被黑的“五一”中美黑客信息大战,7、8月份的以“病毒+黑客”为特征的新型病毒“红色代码”、“尼姆达”、“SirCAM”的泛滥……同时,高增长、高利润的市场前景更是吸引了一股投资热潮,一年内,国内信息安全厂商数量由年初的100多家增加到1300多家,其中有400多家厂家已经或正在进行防火墙产品的开发。而与此相对应,防火墙产品也极大的丰富,从单机版到网络版,从个人防火墙到企业级和特殊行业的 Compared to the persistent downturn in the global online market and the unmatchedness of the global market, in 2001, China’s online product market can be said to have been spent in a warm winter. Among them, as the top priority of network security products, firewall products have changed their name. Become a flame burning in this winter. First, a series of rampant hacking and virus incidents pushed the firewall market to a climax. In two days, more than 700 websites were blacked out by the May 1 hacker information war. In July and August, the “virus + hacking” was Characteristics of the new virus “red code”, “Nimda”, “SirCAM” proliferation ... At the same time, high-growth, high-margin market prospects is even attracted an investment boom, within a year, the number of domestic information security vendors by At the beginning of the year, more than 100 companies have increased to more than 1,300, of which more than 400 manufacturers have or are developing firewall products. Correspondingly, firewall products are also extremely rich, ranging from stand-alone to network versions, from personal firewalls to enterprise-level and special industries.