Re: Internet Edge and Defense in Depth

[-Hammer- <bhmccie () gmail com>]

I personally have not seen it done in large environments. Hardware isn't 
there yet. I've seen it done in small business environments. Not a fan 
of the idea.

-Hammer-

"I was a normal American nerd"
-Jack Herer



On 12/06/2011 03:16 PM, Holmes,David A wrote:
> Some firewall vendors are proposing to collapse all Internet edge functions into a single device (border router, firewall, IPS, 
> caching engine, proxy, etc.). A general Internet edge design principle has been the "defense in depth" concept. Is 
> anyone collapsing all Internet edge functions into one device?
>
> Regards,
>
> David
>
>
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