Re: [fw-wiz] Botnets, IRC servers and firewalls?

From: Marcus J Ranum (mjr_at_ranum.com)
Date: 02/03/04

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    To: "Mordechai T. Abzug" <morty@frakir.org>, Paul Robertson <proberts@patriot.net>
Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2004 21:35:18 -0500

    Mordechai T. Abzug wrote:
    >That said, IMHO, you should be grateful for all the sites that allow
    >all outbound. Firewalling is an arms race.

    No. Firewalling is only an arms race if you want to have a high
    degree of connectivity and want to believe that your firewall
    is actually doing something. Security == C / connectivity, where
    C is an unknown but small constant.

    mjr.

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