On Tue, May 21, 2002 at 05:34:48PM +0200, SpyderMan wrote: > > ... in an ideal world, of course, I would > consider firewalling to be a complete waste of time. However, those holes > that "shouldn't be there" often, unfortunately, are, and experience has > shown that one of the ways of reducing them is to firewall. In my daily > work I spend a great deal of time telling people that firewalling is not > enough, but I don't ever tell them it's not needed.
Yeah, but *how many* firewalls does one need on a network? Is it *really* absolutely *essential* for *every* computer on every LAN to host its own firewall? Is this really how networks are typically configured? I don't think that I have ever seen such a network :) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]