[7986] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Firewall in Routers??
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brian Tackett)
Tue Mar 4 11:57:29 1997
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 1997 10:48:07 -0600 (CST)
From: Brian Tackett <cym@acrux.net>
To: Andrew Smith <awsmith@rip.ops.neosoft.com>
cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <199703040237.UAA11416@rip.ops.neosoft.com>
On Mon, 3 Mar 1997, Andrew Smith wrote:
> Agreed...but in certain situations, ie a widely diverse network,
> to follow this purist paradigm, you really need a separate firewall/
> uniquely routed subnet. If someone has a 75XX with a T1 Internet
> connection, why not let the extra CPU go towards firewall functions.
Anyone who has a 75XX and a single T1 needs to be taken out back and shot
by their overly generous accounts payable division ;)
