From: Tom E. <te...@sh...> - 2007-02-25 16:59:51
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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 \ te...@sh... PGP Public Key \ https://lists.shorewall.net/teastep.pgp.key |