>
>>
>> I just talked to a Sysco Router yesterday, and she said that they don't
>> do any security functions. They just tell the drivers where to go. And
>> in terms of acting as a firewall, she said that she would almost
>> certainly get burned.
>>
>
>Um, Fred, that's 'cisco,' not 'sysco.'
>
>I can't imagine anyone from cisco Systems saying _anything_ like that.
>
>- paul
>
>
A call to your friendly cisco rep will confirm what the good Doctor has
stated (however incorrectly). However, Cisco will say that the capabilities
of their routers (rooters? ;-) are an important aspect of any well designed
security parameter. Cisco does not like to consider their products as
stand-alone security devices. I suspect their lawyers have had a hand in
this stance.
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