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Subject: Re: sex, lies, and firewall code
From: Anton J Aylward <anton @ Toronto . com>
Date: Sun, 26 Oct 1997 12:52:49 -0500
To: Rick Murphy <rick @ paimail . com>, firewalls @ GreatCircle . COM

At 10:51 PM 20/10/97 -0400, Rick Murphy wrote:
## Reply Start ##
>>Yes Sybase can be set up within inspect. 

>OK, point us to the documentation on how to do this.
>It's got to exist - let's face it, the thing you're trying to protect -
>your database server - is an important corporate asset. Shouldn't you
>be able to expect your firewall vendor to help protect this beyond
>simple port number holes??

Corrollary:  You can evaluate a firewall vendor by the number of
             example "how-to"s supplied in the documentation.
             This includes not only the manual, but also the 
             web site.   Common things like explaining about an 
             internal hail hub ('mailhost') for the internal part
             of the mail system, how to set up split DNS and similar
             are all included.

Observation: There are a LOT of firewall vendors who are not supplying
             anywhere near enough documentation to give their customers
             the 'warm fuzzies'.

/anton

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