Firewalls: Re: VPN's over the internet

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Subject:	Re: VPN's over the internet
From:	peter @ nmti . com (Peter da Silva)
Date:	Fri, 1 Mar 1996 13:17:29 -0600 (CST)
To:	Mike . Jones @ unifiedtech . com (Mike Jones)
Cc:	firewalls @ GreatCircle . COM, frankw @ in . net
In-reply-to:	<199603011427 . JAA03140 @ samadams . unifiedtech . com> from "Mike Jones" at Mar 1, 96 09:27:19 am

> > o It is usually beneficial to firewall VPN connections to localize
> >   contamination in the event one of the VPN entities is breached.

> Frank, could you elaborate just a bit on what you mean by "localize
> contamination"?

Easy. You don't have to just firewall off the internet. You can firewall off
the VPN.

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RE: VPN's over the internet
From: Mike . Jones @ unifiedtech . com (Mike Jones)

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