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- From: werme@alliant.com (Ric Werme)
- Subject: Re: Firewall usage (was: Re: ping works, but ftp/telnet get "no route)
- Message-ID: <1992Jul27.192945.15551@alliant.com>
- Organization: Alliant Computer Systems Corp.
- References: <BrsM1C.36v@cs.columbia.edu> <1992Jul24.045228.11119@decuac.dec.com> <17008@ulysses.att.com>
- Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 19:29:45 GMT
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- In article <17008@ulysses.att.com> smb@ulysses.att.com (Steven Bellovin) writes:
-
- >Let me very strongly second what Marcus Ranum said about the need for
- >firewalls. No, I don't want to run one. However, given the
- >abominable state of host security, I have no choice. You can blame
- >software designers for not paying enough attention to the problem or
- >you can blame the current state of software engineering, or you can
- >blame lax administration by folks who are more interested in getting
- >their own work done.
-
- Hey, no one has mentioned retraining all the local users who use their
- initials for a password! Until we got on the Internet here I was
- rather fond of my old password. A little embarassed that it was on
- the Robert T Morris short list, but my coworkers are pretty trustworthy.
-
- I *was* somewhat more embarrassed when I discovered my old password was
- on a machine here that did not use the yellow plague, but I think things
- are under control now, thank you.
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