> Another more likely situation may be one where the entire staff is NT
> oriented. You have a really good NT guy. No one can spell Unix and you
> aren't allowed to hire. Do you put in a box that has better security
> potential (Unix) and potentially misconfigure/manage it OR put in a box
> that has potentially lower security that you can configure and manage?
> I.E. just because a top of the line Unix guy on a Unix box has a
> 'probably'
> more secure firewall with better uptime than the top of the line NT guy
> with the NT firewall, does NOT imply that a Unix novice with a Unix
> firewall is more secure than a top of the line NT guy with an NT firewall.
> You still have the eggs in one basket problem, but a single well watched
> basket is sometimes better than two baskets no one is watching.
>
[Kunz, Peter] IMHO, this is the only real reason (excuse?) to run a
FW on NT.
cu
-pete
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