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Subject: Re: CERT advisory -Reply
From: "Steve P. Devore" <sdevore @ barr . com>
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 1995 00:38:23 -0600
To: phil @ compnews . co . uk, Brent @ GreatCircle . COM, firewalls @ greatcircle . com

>>Just a thought - why not ask your internet provider to add a filter
to
>>their router to block ip to your local domain rather than adding a
router
>>to your firewall (as advised by CERT)?

>Many IP service providers simply will not do this, even if the
>hardware they're using is capable of it.  They claim unacceptable
>performance costs, and undesirable administrative overhead to
>establish and manage the filters.

Besides, then you have to trust them and their security.-



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