Frederick M Avolio wrote:
>[...]The questions here are rarely, "Can I do thus-and-so securely?"
>and more often "How can I get thus-and-so through my firewall?"
_Right_!!! Fred's got it!
The _Next_ question -- the one people _Need_ to ask -- is
"Why is this software I am using so braindamaged it needs to be
firewalled?"
That's the _Real_ question. Not "how do I make DCOM work with
Gauntlet" but rather "why is DCOM not designed to work in a
hostile environment?" I read Jen's mail and thought, "hmm, why
is this person complaining about Gauntlet? They should be complaining
about braindamaged protocols from vendors!"
We shouldn't _Need_ firewalls in a few years (ha!) but we will
because energy is being directed down a useless path. The short
term fix (firewalls) has been converted into a $600mm/year
industry selling a stop-gap* as a long-term solution.
mjr.
(* irony intended)
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