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- From: lamy@sobeco.com (Jean-Francois Lamy)
- Subject: Re: Firewall usage (was: Re: ping works, but ftp/telnet get "no route)
- Organization: Sobeco Ernst & Young
- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 92 23:50:03 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Jul24.235003.15464@sobeco.com>
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- >>The site you are trying to ping is running a firewall gateway, because
- >>they're too lazy to beef up their host security and are relying on the
- >>firewall to protect themselves against external attacks.
-
- Or have to convince auditors that the advantage the development groups
- get by being on the Internet does not compromise the security of the
- operational and strategic data on the other sites on the network. If you're
- unable to clearly show that the packets from the outside world aren't touching
- the production wires, you may find yourself on the wrong side of an
- inquisition real quick...
-
- Jean-Francois Lamy | lamy@sobeco.com
- Computer Networks and Systems | lamy@sobeco.ca
- Sobeco Ernst & Young, Montreal, Canada H2Z 1Y7 | uunet!sobeco!lamy
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