Sorry for butting in middle of the conversation; and please let me
know if I make an ASS.. out of myself! :)
Can we abstract these networking terms as follow: IS (Intermediate
System), ES (End System) (OSIism here). And for each IS or ES, it
provides one or more SERVICES. HTTP, FTP, Telnet
On 3 Jan 2001, at 16:33, David Douthitt wrote:
> I'm thinking about this some...
> Thinking on this, the Fence idea makes all the problems we've seen:
> you not only have to allow one way but also the other.
>
> The Network Idea simplifies things slightly, but creates the problem
> in that the
I doubt this will help the current discussion, but I think it's noteworthy.
There is a new FAQ by Daniel Swan for comp.os.linux.security at:
http://www.linuxsecurity.com/docs/colsfaq.html
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I'm thinking about this some... and there are some problems with
thinking about firewalls that I see:
- the point of view from a firewall is conceptually that of a Fence:
there is THIS side and THAT side and we see and allow and reject
things going between.
- Alternate conceptual views: that
