[7988] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Firewall in Routers??
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul R.D. Lantinga)
Tue Mar 4 14:48:33 1997
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 1997 11:36:12 -0800 (PST)
From: "Paul R.D. Lantinga" <planting@vfi.com>
To: Brian Tackett <cym@acrux.net>
cc: Andrew Smith <awsmith@rip.ops.neosoft.com>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.93.970304104701.10389E-100000@pluto>
On Tue, 4 Mar 1997, Brian Tackett wrote:
> 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 ;)
>
Why use them as routers? They make *great* ethernet hubs! If only an
arcnet card was available for them...
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Paul R.D. Lantinga #planting@vfi.com#
Systems Administrator, Verifone IC
"...'proactive' and 'paradigm', aren't these just buzzwords
that dumb people use to sound important?"-The Simpsons
