In message <01I35FD8T9O2003CBE @
mc .
duke .
edu> writes:
> I was at a seminar presented by Stuart Holoman, Holocon Inc.
> yesterday, and he said firewalls are not effective/implementable
> below the session layer:
>
> layer 7 - App support
> layer 6 - Presentation
> layer 5 - Session
> layer 4 - Transport
> layer 3 - Network
> layer 2 - Data link
> layer 1 - Physical
>
> Any comments?
> I don't know if he was speaking in abstract terms (e.g., not many
> people know how to make them effective).
I find this very surprising. It would appear that Mr. Holoman is dismissing out
of hand the efficacy of packet filters, which operate at the IP level. He may
well feel this way, but it would have been nice of him to state *explicitly*
that he didn't think *PACKET FILTERS* were effective/implementable, rather than
using OSI layer mumbo-jumbo to obfuscate his message. If that was, indeed, his
message (based on what he said, who can tell?).
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