Re: Proper uses for firewalls

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Date: 09/02/02 

Date: Mon, 02 Sep 2002 11:48:46 GMT

You are off base, my friend.

People on usenet are a suspicious lot.

What I'm really trying to learn is how to speak in terms of business
need. In what sorts of situations would business need require the use
of a proxy firewall rather than just packet filters?

I picked cisco IOS packet filters as an example because it was the
lowest type of firewall I could think of.

On Mon, 2 Sep 2002 20:23:54 +1000, "Bernie M"
<while_laughing@the_clowns> wrote:

>
>"Bill F." <bfrische@ibtta.com> wrote in message
>news:q9g4nuo0sfip907qc8m37l9lp3v3a25ejg@4ax.com...
>> There are different types of firewalls, ie., static packet filtering,
>> dynamic packet filtering, proxy, circuit, kernel. How does one go
>> about appropriately deciding which type of firewall will fit a
>> person's specific needs? Are there certain features of different
>> types of firewalls which will suite specific needs?
>>
>> How does one go about convincing a company that their cisco IOS packet
>> filters are not a firewall suitable for their needs?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Bill F.
>>
>> If you need to reply to me private, my domain is spelled backwards.
>
>Something else just struck me. In one sentence you're asking .. "How does
>one go about appropriately deciding which type of firewall will fit a
>person's specific needs?" and then asking "How does one go about convincing
>a company that Cisco IOS packet filters are not suitable for their needs?"
>
>How is it that you've determined their current solution doesn't suit their
>needs? Is it because it's not what you want to sell them?
>
>Apologies again if I'm off base here but being a network administrator for a
>financial organisation I get rather frustrated and annoyed with people
>wanting to learn at the expense of others. By this I mean that until you
>actually know your stuff you should not be giving advice.
>
>BernieM
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