This is a genuine question, not trolling I promise.
In this day and age, what is the benefit of firewalls? I know they were important in the old days of the web, when all sorts of stuff would leave open unsecured ports lying around. And I know they're still useful in, say, a small office with networked printers and whatnot. But on a modern web application server, is a firewall necessary? What benefits does it provide? -- -- SD Ruby mailing list [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SD Ruby" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
