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Re: [PLUG] two interfaces and security
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On Sat, Jun 02, 2001 at 02:20:50PM -0400, Jeff Abrahamson wrote:
> Does this sound correct? Or am I missing something and I should really
> go out and find an old machine somewhere?
It sounds basically correct, but keep in mind that part of the advantage
of having a separate firewall is that if it's broken in to, you have a
much easier time of rebuilding just that one machine that you don't have
your work on. (A sacrificial machine, of sorts.) If your workstation
does double duty as your firewall, then an intruder has one fewer
machine to crack before he gets to the interesting stuff.
--
Bill Jonas * bill@billjonas.com * http://www.billjonas.com/
"As we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we should
be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours; and
this we should do freely and generously." -- Benjamin Franklin
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