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Subject: Re: R: Firewall-1, packet -VS- Proxy
From: Darren Reed <avalon @ coombs . anu . edu . au>
Date: Sun, 5 Oct 1997 22:51:14 +1000 (EST)
To: fruggieri @ selfin . net (Franco RUGGIERI)
Cc: elfering @ tconl . com, Firewalls @ GreatCircle . COM
In-reply-to: <199710051711 . TAA20410 @ pinux . selfin . net> from "Franco RUGGIERI" at Oct 4, 97 08:21:38 pm

In some mail from Franco RUGGIERI, sie said:
[...]
> 2) setting up the rules is a real headache, most of it defining all the
> objects that make up the network. And everything which is difficult to
> implement is error prone.
> Can anyone confirm this hearsay?

Whilst this is required, it is this which a lot find attractive.  If I can
create an artificial group of 10 hosts and represent that with one rule,
which is easier to read: one rule or 10 ?

Darren


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