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Re: Firewall opinions wanted please

  • From: Petri Helenius
  • Date: Wed Mar 17 15:11:50 2004

Rachael Treu wrote:

_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. ;)


No, the applications should accept only authorized connections. If that would be the case, there would be no need to filter at packet level.

Pete