>From what I know, it is merely a grouping method to manage multiple
firewalls. For example, if you want to push the policy to say, 50
firewalls, it's easier to define each as a "Gateway" and putting "Gateways"
in the Install on: field rather than having to enter every firewall
separately in the Install on: field.
I have not seen any other reason (and there hasn't been any difference wrt
networking) for this.
The word "gateway" is overloaded and overused; I suppose they could have
come up with a better designation but offhand I can't think of one.
EWS
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martin H Hoz-Salvador [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2000 1:53 PM
> To: Bryan Morris
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [FW1] Firewall as gateway or host - What is the
> difference
>
>
> Bryan Morris wrote:
> >
> > The firewall documentation states the firewall should be defined, in the
> > Workstation Properties box, as a GATEWAY and not HOST.
> >
> > What is the difference and what does it matter whether it is a gateway
> or
> > host?
>
> The manuals says nothing about the difference (Or I didn't find it :-P)
> but I thing this may be related to the way the IP forwarding is managed.
>
> IWMHO.
>
> -- M. Hoz
>
>
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