On Thu, 3 Jan 2002, Jonas M Luster wrote: > A firewall is, first and foremost, a concept. It's a divider between > two networks, which is one of the reasons the name "Personal Firewall" > for those "Packet-Filter-IDS-Application-Blocker"-Monsters is a > misnomer. How I run firewalls is a question of network design, and
FWIW, the phrase "firewall your host" has been popular for quite some time, if you're going to complain about "Personal Firewall," you'd do better off campaigning for a switch to "network guard" since it's not an overloaded structural term- that'd only leave the MLS guys to fight with over the ability to change levels- and there's at least precedent for single-level infosystems. "Baud"'s shown that popular usage pretty much wins. Paul ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul D. Robertson "My statements in this message are personal opinions [EMAIL PROTECTED] which may have no basis whatsoever in fact." _______________________________________________ Firewalls mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnac.net/mailman/listinfo/firewalls
