Some bright spark within the organisation has suggested using MS Proxy
Server as the company's firewall solution. I've tried to locate
information as to why this is not such a great idea but articles
specifically regarding this product do not appear to be readily available
(the article in Tempest was useful in this respect but that was about
it). We know all the obvious points like the fact that it's not running
on a hardened OS and its poor reporting capabilities but trying to
explain these points to a non-security oriented management section is
difficult. Can anyone else think of objections to using MS Proxy in this
manner (sooner rather than later. I have to lay down the law this
afternoon, so to speak).
Cheers
Mike
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