Re: IPsec vs any personal software firewall

From: simonis (simonis_at_myself.com)
Date: 09/30/03

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    Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 13:50:06 -0400
To: Tod Beardsley <todb@planb-security.net>

    Tod Beardsley wrote:
    >
    > Patrick Morris wrote:
    > > In general, though, if you *can* use IPSEC, it's always
    > > better than just pushing the traffic around unencrypted.
    >
    > Assuming you don't care about NIDS.
    >

    But IPSec doesn't necessarily equate to encryption. In this thread,
    I am assuming the OP was referencing the ability to use an IPSec
    policy somewhat as a packet filter on the local system.

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