Re: Lets talk about firewalls - what do we as a group think a firewall should be/have?

Moe Trin <ibuprofin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
To an extent, that's an awfully large stretch. A Home/SOHO is going to be
quite a bit different compared to something used at a .edu with even 500
students.

Yes.

[Logging]
This should be configurable.

Yes.

But, if it's not certified, then anyone can call an appliance a firewall
and the public will buy it as a firewall - See all the residential
devices out on the market.
I can see your point, but what do you define as a reputable authority?
ANSI? IEEE? IETF? NIST? NSA? Some supra-national entity from the EU,
or similar? Good Housekeeping magazine? ;-)

Of course the latter. </sarcasm>

Yours,
VB.
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