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Re: Cisco Pix Firewall Question
From: Jeff Kell <jeff-kell () UTC EDU>
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 15:01:26 -0500
Adam Carlson wrote:
Daniel, Your concerns are definitely valid, since there is a big difference between the existence of a control and the effectiveness of a control. Just having a firewall is not enough, it must be properly configured ;).
Pulling the plug entirely is a control, and a very effective one at that. It may not be very strategic to the mission of the organization, but I have yet to meet a firewall that understood a mission statement. :-) Jeff
Current thread:
- Re: Cisco Pix Firewall Question, (continued)
- Re: Cisco Pix Firewall Question Willis Marti (Mar 05)
- Re: Cisco Pix Firewall Question Sarazen, Daniel (Mar 05)
- Re: Cisco Pix Firewall Question Greene, Chip (Mar 05)
- Re: Cisco Pix Firewall Question Brown, Alexander (Mar 05)
- Re: Cisco Pix Firewall Question Greene, Chip (Mar 05)
- Re: Cisco Pix Firewall Question Sarazen, Daniel (Mar 05)
- Re: Cisco Pix Firewall Question King, Ronald A. (Mar 05)
- Re: Cisco Pix Firewall Question David Gillett (Mar 05)
- Re: Cisco Pix Firewall Question Chuck McCants (Mar 05)
- Re: Cisco Pix Firewall Question Adam Carlson (Mar 05)
- Re: Cisco Pix Firewall Question Jeff Kell (Mar 05)
- Re: Cisco Pix Firewall Question Warner, David F (Mar 05)
- Re: Cisco Pix Firewall Question Jim Dillon (Mar 06)