Paul G Rogers wrote: > Tom, there's an ancient expression, "the fox knows many things, the > hedgehog knows just one thing." I don't prend to understand all the > complications, but I do understand the internet environment is not > getting any safer--it's getting more dangerous. To be sure, the current > exploits making the news are at higher levels, but nobody with the > slightest sense would connect without a strong firewall. If you think > overhead is an issue, look at Vista! ;-)
I agree that in Shorewall's case, security is more important than performance. But performance is still important, especially to those whose Shorewall-based firewalls require several minutes to restart. -Tom -- Tom Eastep \ Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool Shoreline, \ http://shorewall.net Washington USA \ [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Public Key \ https://lists.shorewall.net/teastep.pgp.key ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ leaf-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel
