Re: Do I need a firewall?

From: John Elsbury (johne@snospam.sovereign.co.nz)
Date: 10/17/02 

From: johne@snospam.sovereign.co.nz (John Elsbury)
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 00:48:41 GMT

On Wed, 16 Oct 2002 21:19:21 GMT, "David" <davidwnh@adelphia.net>
wrote:

>John, what a great way to answer this question! I wish others around here
>would be as kind and insightful with their responses. It amazes me to see
>how many people conjure up the perfect answer from a single paragraph of
>general information, without realizing that the actual solution often lies
>far beyond the realm of a newsgroup.

[snip]

<blush> Anything I can do to help... <\blush>

If you ask a technician you will get a technical answer: the users of
this NG, or at least the responders, are (it seems to me) primarily
technical experts who will (naturally, and correctly) answer questions
in the light of their technical expertise and experience without
necessarily looking at the broader question.

I lurk here because I am a security professional (and, I cheerfully
admit, so that I can understand what the technical experts are saying
to me) - and I am very much a generalist.

Therein, perhaps, lies the difference :-)