On Thu, 14 Jun 2001, David Douthitt wrote:
[...]
> What most people want - a blackbox that you plug in and turn on and
> forget - it just isn't going to happen:
>
> 1. Too many variables: do you want a VPN? Shell access? Proxy?
> DMZ? Web Cache? Web server? SNMP? Web statistics? Name services?
> DHCP?
> 2. Insecurities are constantly being discovered - a solid protected
> system will be a security risk in six months.
>
> Something to point out: point #1 - how many non-computer people would
> understand ANYTHING in that sentence? If they're not willing to
> learn, they're in real trouble.
So Linksys SOHO router/firewalls are nothing but trouble?
I am with you on the idea that allowing lots of features requires
knowledgable monitoring, but where do people begin? There has to be a
default, reasonably secure configuration that can be opened one bit at a
time or people will never get started.
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