Firewalls: Re: Linux as a Firewall Platform

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Subject:	Re: Linux as a Firewall Platform
From:	"Jamie Thain" <jthain @ cat . bbsr . edu>
Date:	Tue, 17 Dec 1996 12:18:01 -0400
To:	"Todd Graham Lewis" <lists @ reflections . mindspring . com>, "Arne Steinkamm" <arne @ Steinkamm . COM>
Cc:	"Firewalls Mailing List" <firewalls @ GreatCircle . COM>

Todd,

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

What if the linux machine is just the machine infront of your proxy machine
on a different OS. 

regards:jamie

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