http://pubweb.nfr.net/~mjr/pubs/a1fwall/
http://pubweb.nfr.net/~mjr/pubs/fwtest/index.htm
http://www.networkice.com/html/firewalls.html
http://www.networkice.com/Docs/Firewalls%20Need%20IDS1.0.pdf
http://pubweb.nfr.net/~mjr/usenix/ranum_elx_cocktail.pdf
http://www.networkice.com/html/networkice_guide.html
At 02:03 PM 12/1/00 -0600, Larry Paul wrote:
>Your point is well taken and is the reason that I am bothered by some of the
>security sites' marketing. It seems they are telling the great unwashed
>that they are "as safe as a bug in a rug". This simply is NOT true.
>Instances of this are why some people think that a lot of security people
>are unprincipled (greedy?) and hence the appropriated Al Capp quote a while
>back. This does not fall under the category of "scam" (any more than most
>marketing) but it does speak to the issue of higher authority. Similar to
>the abuse of power by police authority or governments. IOW They have a
>HIGHER obligation to protect. The Internet has literally hundreds of sights
>devoted to frauds & scams, but I submit not ONE of them is watching for
>security fraud. Other than occasionally in this group (and perhaps a few
>others) NOBODY is watching the watchers.
>
>"Government is not reason. Government is not eloquence. It is force. And,
>like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master." - George
>Washington
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