Firewalls: Re: RFC 1597

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Subject:	Re: RFC 1597
From:	lear @ yeager . corp . sgi . com (Eliot Lear)
Date:	Wed, 23 Mar 1994 16:10:53 -0800
To:	Brent Chapman <brent @ GreatCircle . COM>, sgcccdc @ citec . qld . gov . au (Colin Campbell)
Cc:	lear @ yeager . corp . sgi . com (Eliot Lear), Firewalls @ GreatCircle . COM
In-reply-to:	Brent Chapman <brent @ GreatCircle . COM> "Re: RFC 1597" (Mar 22, 7:57pm)
References:	<199403230357 . TAA23568 @ mycroft . GreatCircle . COM>

On Mar 22,  7:57pm, Brent Chapman wrote: 
> Eliot's right, firewalls impede functionality, but I don't think
> that's necessarily a disadvantage.

The point is that they are a trade-off.  You win security, you lose
functionality.


-- 
Eliot Lear
[lear @
 sgi .
 com]

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Re: RFC 1597
From: Brent Chapman <brent @ mycroft . GreatCircle . COM>

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