On Friday 08 February 2002 05:48 pm, you wrote: > > I think the confusion is based on trying to both firewall and > > serve? At least > > it is for me. I seem to remember when e-smith recommended that > > firewalling > > and serving should be done separately, on separate equipment. I > > tend to agree > > with that. > > OK, but the issue is being a gateway, not so much firewalling. As I > recall, e-smith v4.0 is when they stopped saying that they didn't consider > their product to be a firewall, but as long as I can remember, the have > been a server and gateway. You may want to run a separate firewall to > protect you network, but Mitel has to consider that this product has always > been a gateway, and masq modules play an important part in that role.
Well, that is the heart of the issue for me. I do not expect gateways to perform security functions as such. That is a bonus. I expect firewalls and protocols and security policy and common sense to work together to perform security functions. I am sugggesting that by incorporating firewalling into this product, and declaring it to be a "security solution", the die was cast to cause these issues we are now discussing. Bob > > David M. Brown > Frick, Frick & Jetté Architects > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues Support for registered customers and partners to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives by mail and http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org
