Re: Firewall Philosophy was Re: DCOM on Gauntlet

[rj]

What is the significence of a cell phone modem to this topic. Or to put
it another way, other than not having to rely on a land line, what can a
cell phone modem do that a ordinary modem can not?

My apologies if this is a really stupid question.


On Sat, 29 May 1999, Randy Marchany wrote:

> 
> I used to believe that but now with technology such as cell phone modems, I 
> don't think they're as valuable as they used to be. It is too easy to bypass the 
> firewall these days. When I did firewall reviews, I would always ask if data 
> dialout were permitted. I can only think of 1 site that didn't allow it. Now, I 
> just whip out that cell phone modem and watch jaws drop.
> 
> 

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