Andrew wrote: > I naively thought that there would be a concensus of opinion as to the > preferred option, be it a particular product or technology Proxying or > packet filtering. One firewall vendor told me it was pointless having > a firewall >to guard my web server ! Depending on what you're planning to do with it, that may very well be correct. > The licencing was also confusing as for a web server supposedly I > needed a > unlimited licence but if I brought the server on site using the > leased line > the firewall would only need to have as many licences as computers on > my internal >network. Can't say for sure without knowing more, but maybe the logic is that you'd need a license for every computer on your ISP's internal network. Now, more to the point, why do you think you need a firewall on your web server? --------------------------------------------------------------------- This message has been posted from Mail2Web (http://www.mail2web.com/) Web Hosting for $9.95 per month! Visit: (http://www.yourhosting.com/) --------------------------------------------------------------------- - [To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe firewalls" in the body of the message.]
