Re: How safe for firewall rule using 127.0.0.0/8

From: Moe Trin (ibuprofin_at_painkiller.example.tld)
Date: 10/28/05 

Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 14:58:22 -0500

In the Usenet newsgroup comp.security.firewalls, in article
<pFh8f.7701$ki7.569834@news20.bellglobal.com>, Triffid wrote:

>Must be nice.
>
>Around here, the *products* run on windoze, and upper management loves
>to say "we eat our own dog food".

That is an advantage we have - I don't know of any product that even
needs to know about windoze, but then we're an R&D facility.

>When management won't support policies such as you espouse, one
>frequently has little choice but to resort to stoop'n'scoop mode.

THAT is an example of short sightedness. Cleanup invariably is more
expensive and time consuming. Corporate got the message over <mumble>
years ago when someone did something stupid, and there was a serious
monetary cost, and several reputations on mahogany row went up in
flames. 'nuff said.

        Old guy