Nonsense. Everyone knows that a "firewall" is actually a collection of
bottletops and empty cigarette packets, bound up with yak spit and tied
around untrusted network cables with twine.
Sheesh.
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Ben Nagy
Network Security Specialist
Marconi Services Australia Pty Ltd
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Royds [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, 14 March 2001 12:25
> To: Reckhard, Tobias
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: How to find out about Open ports on firewall
>
>
> Bollocks. If it does not have a deny all unless explicitly
> allowed, it is not a firewall but a router. A "firewall",
> does not let traffic pass unless authorised by a security
> policy. If it does otherwise, it is not a firewall.
>
[snip random bickering]
Firewall must be the most often "defined" word in the security industry. ;)
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