> > 3) What happens when Sidewinder fails? Does it fail open? If it does > (and it should), is their version of sendmail still protected? Or is it > sitting on the Internet bare-ass naked, waiting to be 0wn3d?
it should fail "closed", preventing any traffic from passing, otherwise you have a door stop. Thanks, Ron DuFresne ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Cutting the space budget really restores my faith in humanity. It eliminates dreams, goals, and ideals and lets us get straight to the business of hate, debauchery, and self-annihilation." -- Johnny Hart ***testing, only testing, and damn good at it too!*** OK, so you're a Ph.D. Just don't touch anything. _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html