Distributed Firewall - non-corporate nodes...

From: bensmyth (noreply_at_test.com)
Date: 03/08/05 

Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 15:32:01 -0000

I'm currently doing some research on distributed firewall and I'm wondering
about the problems associated with the deployment in a University environment
where network hosts are owned by students....

Let me explain. In a corporate environment all systems are owned by the
corporation, hence the system administrator can do what he likes. However, in a
University environment the systems that connection to the network may not
necessarily belong to the university - some will belong to students for example.
Although the students need to connect to systems, they may be unwilling to abide
to the security policy at all times - when they are off campus, for example.

In this scenario is it possible to deploy a distributed firewall solution?

Ben
(Sorry if this post causes confusion, I'm currently trying to get my head around
the whole affair!)

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