Re: firewall placement

["Terry Bertrand" <tfbsr () hotmail com>]

Yes at the edge, where it get connected to the backbone.

Terry



> From: ant () notatla demon co uk (Antonomasia)
> To: firewall-wizards () nfr com, tfbsr () hotmail com
> Subject: Re: [fw-wiz] (no subject)
> Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 18:14:28 +0100 (BST)
>
> From: "Terry Bertrand" <tfbsr () hotmail com>
> Subject: [fw-wiz] how to advise management
>
> > Trying to get some more good reason to convey to management as to why it 
> is
> > bad to place a firewall at the edge or border.
>
> I assume you mean _only_ at the edge and not at meaningful internal edges
> such as national or department borders.
>
> Supposing you had evidence of the LA office hacking the Miami office you'd
> make sure suitable managers were aware of this and its implications.  But 
> if
> it's not in your job description to get advice acted on don't worry about 
> it.
> Managers ignore these things on any day they're not named in the newspapers
> and with a little care you can be somewhere else before the fan gets really
> dirty - finding somewhere _better_ is the hard bit.
>
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