Re: Firewall definition

From: Walter Roberson (roberson_at_ibd.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca)
Date: 12/25/03 

Date: 25 Dec 2003 16:37:26 GMT

In article <3FEA9E92.E899E1DF@welho.compromised.invalid>,
Lassi =?iso-8859-1?Q?Hippel=E4inen?=
         <lassi.hippelainen@welho.compromised.invalid> wrote:
:All ADSL/Cable routers that I can think of have both a firewall and a
:NAT. Two things in one box.

I pointed out a common cable modem in a recent thread here that has
neither NAT nor firewall. It was a device in the Efficient Networks
"SpeedStream" line.

:> A colleague says just a Router with NAT is a Firewall.

:Bull***.

Right. NAT does not a firewall make. We had a long discussion
about NAT in this newgroup just a few weeks ago. 

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