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Subject:	Considerations on designing a firewall
From:	"Martin Hein"<Martin_Hein @ maxmobil . at>
Date:	Mon, 30 Dec 1996 14:19:42 +0100
To:	Firewalls @ GreatCircle . com




  Can anyone advise me how to properly design a firewall?
  What hardware should I use?
  Which OS should run on the firewall hardware? Why should I use a UNIX-OS
  (why not)? Or shall I setup a MS WinNT-based firewall (what are the
  arguments against this solution)?

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