Re: Why would someone want an NT firewall?

[cwg @ DeepEddy . Com]

> Because our firewall is on an NT platform and has a good GUI, I can be
> gone for a couple of weeks and even my boss, a manager, can sit down and
> make changes to the firewall comfortably.  Several other people in the
> computing department with the passowrd could do the same if they had to. 
> After two years, nobody else could sit down to my Solaris box and do
> anything except manage to shut things down. 

While you're at it, do you care to announce to the list when your next 
vacation
is?

Personally, I don't *want* just anybody to be able to modify the firewall.  I 
also don't want "several other people" to have the password to the firewall.  

That said, I do understand why a MS based environment would want to run an NT 
firewall.  However, you 
should note that your policies aren't the tightest I've seen.

Chris

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