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- From: barmar@think.com (Barry Margolin)
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- Subject: Re: Firewall usage
- Date: 30 Jul 1992 20:03:41 GMT
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- In article <l7g11bINNlib@pollux.usc.edu> tsudik@pollux.usc.edu (Gene Tsudik) writes:
- >I see. So, to be a true capitalist I would have to padlock the doors to
- >individual rooms (end-systems or hosts) and let the sh*t fly in the corridors,
- >right?
-
- I think this analogy to a home and rooms is very poor. The same people
- live in a home and the rooms, so it's usually reasonable to have the locks
- just on the main doors. Then again, my parents did have a lock on their
- bedroom door.
-
- But I think better analogies would be to apartment buildings, dormitories,
- or hotels. It's usual to have locks on the individual apartments or rooms.
- But whether there's a lock on the main entrance, or perhaps a doorman
- screening visitors, is a matter of policy. Some people prefer
- high-security apartment buildings with a doorman. Hotels, on the other
- hand, often don't have much entrance security, so you should lock your
- door if you want any expectation of privacy.
-
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- Barry Margolin
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