Firewalls: Re: Question ?

Firewalls
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Subject:	Re: Question ?
From:	peter @ baileynm . com (Peter da Silva)
Date:	Mon, 18 Nov 1996 07:59:59 -0600 (CST)
To:	long-morrow @ CS . YALE . EDU
Cc:	gwhalin @ numerix . com, rohini!cs93318 @ uunet . uu . net, firewalls @ GreatCircle . COM
In-reply-to:	<199611151851 . NAA14853 @ SPARKY . CF . CS . YALE . EDU> from "long-morrow @ CS . YALE . EDU" at Nov 15, 96 01:51:26 pm

> Just as in the engine compartment of a car, "firewalls" and "fire
> doors" in factories and office buildings are architectural 
> structures designed to compartmentalize and isolate portions
> (floors, wings) of a building from each other to prevent a rapid
> spread of flames throughout in the event of a fire.

The idea of the Internet as a raging inferno is evocative. <grin>

PS: </grin>

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