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to: Mike `/m`
from: Geo
date: 2005-09-18 13:57:18
subject: Re: how not to build a firewall

From: "Geo" 

"Mike '/m'"  wrote in message
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> OpenBSD is a good choice for me for this application.  It's very
> flexible,

I've always thought flexibility is a bad thing to have in a firewall, the
more ways you can do stuff the easier it is to leave yourself open or the
easier it is to get hacked if someone finds a limited access method.

One of the reasons I like pix is because they are such a nightmare to work
with.  Makes for a real undesirable hacking experience.

Geo.

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