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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

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