[68813] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Firewall opinions wanted please
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (bill)
Wed Mar 17 11:55:34 2004
From: bill <bmanning@karoshi.com>
To: rara@navigo.com (Rachael Treu)
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 08:54:57 -0800 (PST)
Cc: greg@xwb.com (Gregory Taylor), nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <20040317172412.GC8114@navigo.com> from "Rachael Treu" at Mar 17, 2004 11:24:12 AM
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
> > The best option I guess is to figure out how important it is for you to have a firewall,
>
> _Everyone_ (network connected) should have a firewall. My grandma should
> have a firewall. Nicole, holding dominion over this business network and
> its critical infrastructure, should _definitely_ have a firewall. ;)
>
Why? When did the end2end nature of the Internet suddenly
sprout these mutant bits of extra complexity that reduce
the overall security of the 'net?
Two questions asked, Two answers are sufficent.
--bill
