Re: [fw-wiz] X server in a Firewall

On Tue, 24 Jan 2006, Paul D. Robertson wrote:
On Tue, 24 Jan 2006, Cat Okita wrote:
Down the hall? Must be nice. I'm thinking "to another continent".
Still doesn't preclued out of band access. 

Nope.

Frankly while I agree that firewall management should be done out of
band, there are certainly situations where physical access is not a
straightforward means of out of band access - and the environment is
legitimately dynamic.
That doesn't mean transport and management have to mix. 

I'm in complete agreement - just pointing out that there are ways other
than sneakernet to handle management access.

As for the OP (whose name I've now forgotten), using X to manage your
firewall on the same interface as the traffic you're ostensibly defending
against is - well - dumb.

cheers!
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