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Subject: Re: TRUST US
From: Rick Smith <smith @ sctc . com>
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 1995 15:48:06 -0500
To: firewalls @ greatcircle . com

Eric Murray says:

>... i want to understand what my firewalls are doing, and why.  
>marketing bullstuff like "type enforcement" (to pick a firewall marketing
>phrase from random) is meaningless to me; i want to see the code.
> ...  i'll bet most of the firewall
>vendors learned about firewalls from this list, and mostly from
>Marcus and Brent Chapman's posts.  a little respect is due please.

Given that the particular "marketing bullstuff" you cited ("type
enforcement") has been around the computer security community for
about a decade, a little respect is due, please.

Firewalls just happen to be the first -commercial- application for it
to come along.

Rick.
smith @
 sctc .
 com      roseville, minnesota

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