Firewalls: Re: Linux as a Firewall Platform

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Subject:	Re: Linux as a Firewall Platform
From:	Todd Graham Lewis <lists @ reflections . mindspring . com>
Date:	Tue, 17 Dec 1996 08:21:24 -0500 (EST)
To:	Arne Steinkamm <arne @ Steinkamm . COM>
Cc:	Firewalls Mailing List <firewalls @ GreatCircle . COM>
In-reply-to:	<199612161749 . SAA12877 @ oldman . steinkamm . com>

On Mon, 16 Dec 1996, Arne Steinkamm wrote:

> On a linux machine each hacker from the net, gained root privs. can change
> it.

If a hacker gains root on your firewall, haven't you, uhh, already lost?

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