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- From: mjr@hussar.dco.dec.com (Marcus J. "will do TCP/IP for food" Ranum)
- Subject: Re: Firewall usage (was: Re: ping works, but ftp/telnet get "no route)
- Message-ID: <1992Jul24.045748.11266@decuac.dec.com>
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- Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation, Washington ULTRIX Resource Center
- References: <BrsM1C.36v@cs.columbia.edu> <1992Jul23.142026.20112@sci34hub.sci.com> <1992Jul23.164314.4722@spdcc.com>
- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 04:57:48 GMT
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- >I was always under the opinion that "firewalls" and "mailbridges" (as they
- >were originally proposed for use when the ARPAnet and MILNET split) were a
- >Bad Thing. To a certain extent I still agree.
-
- Firewalls are a lot like Jersey barriers on a freeway. They keep
- the irresponsible drunks in the other lane from being able to hit you
- head on.
-
- Since a firewall is the individual site's decision, it's neither
- good nor bad - it's just something you feel you need or not. There are a
- LOT of companies on the net who wouldn't be there if they didn't have a
- decent firewall.
-
- mjr.
-
- [Incidentally, put some recent stuff about the firewall I run is up for
- FTP from decuac.dec.com, /pub/docs/firewall/*]
-