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Re: Split DNS - Another way

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rob Peglar)
Fri Feb 14 16:01:32 1997

From: robp@anubis.network.com (Rob Peglar)
To: anton@the-wire.com (Anton J Aylward)
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1997 12:06:25 -0600 (CST)
Cc: matt@acmebw.com, kkessel@hteinc.com, firewalls@greatcircle.com,
        www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19970214091049.00ddf134@the-wire.com> from "Anton J Aylward" at Feb 14, 97 09:15:44 am
Errors-To: owner-www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu

Folks,

> [BIG SNIP]
> 
> There is another and more important way to consider.
> 
> The way the firewall has been designed to work by the people that
> manufactured it.
> 
> OK, the term 'firewall' is an 'all things to all men' term.   Many firewalls 
> are just (!!) souped up routers (Apologies to Network Systems for the implied 
> but unwarranted criticism of their excellent product).  

Apology accepted. 

No, it's true, we don't write OS code.  But we do offer far more than
just "souped-up routers".  You know where to look.

Rob
robp@network.com		We ARE network.com.  Think about it.

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