gossamer axe said:
> I had read an article a while back which claimed that inside of a
> network
> (that's already firewalled) each machine should also be firewalled.
In a corporate network, where there may be "rogue" users, it's
probably good practice. I don't do it here, but in a customer's
network I might suggest it. It also provides some additional
protection from worms and viruses that might attempt to exploit
running services on individual systems.
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