Re: RFC 2979

From: Volker Birk (bumens_at_dingens.org)
Date: 08/30/05 

Date: 30 Aug 2005 07:05:53 +0200

CyberDroog <CyberDroog@clockworkorange.com> wrote:
> Routing doesn't make a firewall, per se (although the
> side effect offers more security than nothing at all), but filtering does.
> Most all simple NAT router/firewalls offer some filtering capabilities.
> Hence the use of the word firewall in the product description.

This all depends on definition BTW:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Definition

I introduced the definition of the IETF here, because we were talking
about Internet security.

Yours,
VB. 

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