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  1. Newsgroups: comp.security.misc
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!charon.amdahl.com!amdahl!rtech!sgiblab!spool.mu.edu!agate!ames!purdue!mentor.cc.purdue.edu!noose.ecn.purdue.edu!sparkyfs.erg.sri.com!bigmac
  3. From: bigmac@erg.sri.com (Bryan McDonald)
  4. Subject: Re: Firewall
  5. Message-ID: <1993Jan27.215807.4843@erg.sri.com>
  6. Keywords: Router, firewall
  7. Sender: news@erg.sri.com
  8. Organization: CHAOS - SRI International, Menlo Park, CA, USA
  9. References: <guay.728156324@sfu.ca>
  10. Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 21:58:07 GMT
  11. Lines: 22
  12.  
  13. In article <guay.728156324@sfu.ca> guay@fraser.sfu.ca (Tim Guay) writes:
  14. >Hi;
  15. >Does a router make a good firewall? Is there anything I should know about
  16. >using a router as a firewall?
  17. >
  18. >Thanks
  19. >    Tim Guay,
  20. >    Tech Coordinator CMNS SFU
  21. >    guay@sfu.ca
  22.  
  23. There is a mailing list dedicated to firewalls, someone there should
  24. be able to answer your question.  Send email to majordome@greatcircle.com
  25. with the body text of help, and majordomo (another listserv object)
  26. will tell you how to join the list.  They have a FAQ and lots of
  27. knowledgable people.
  28.  
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  30. Bryan McDonald                   |   Computer, Hardware, And Operations Support
  31. bigmac@erg.sri.com               |                     CHAOS
  32. Postmaster-Systems Administrator |            ITAD - SRI International
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