| William H. Magill on Thu, 30 Jan 2003 13:21:05 -0500 |
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On Thursday, January 30, 2003, at 12:23 PM, Jeyes, David (371) wrote: But you're 100% right when it comes down to it, if you run a tight *nix network then you shouldn't _need_ a firewall. Interestingly enough one of the IRC admins for 2600 told me that he doesn't use firewalls at home (no win clients)- and he's not a lightweight, he is also an Infosec mgr for a very reputable company. But, you have to run a really tight network. His words of wisdom were to use a harware firewall, FWIW, since otherwise it's just another dern box to patch!!
If you understand what is said in this paragraph, you are well on your way to comprehending Firewalls. T.T.F.N. William H. Magill # Beige G3 - Rev A motherboard - 768 Meg # Flat-panel iMac (2.1) 800MHz - Super Drive - 768 Meg # PWS433a [Alpha 21164 Rev 7.2 (EV56)- 64 Meg]- Tru64 5.1a magill@mcgillsociety.org magill@acm.org magill@mac.com _________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.netisland.net/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.netisland.net/mailman/listinfo/plug
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