From owner-freebsd-security Tue Oct 10 2:36: 3 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from hosting.doublesquare.com (hosting.doublesquare.com [212.119.162.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 719E137B503 for ; Tue, 10 Oct 2000 02:35:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from eltex.ru (eltex-gw2.nw.ru [195.19.203.86] (may be forged)) by hosting.doublesquare.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA24490 for ; Tue, 10 Oct 2000 13:30:21 +0400 (MSD) From: ark@eltex.ru Received: from yaksha.eltex.ru (root@yaksha.eltex.ru [195.19.198.2]) by eltex.ru (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id SAA42049; Mon, 9 Oct 2000 18:50:46 +0400 (MSD) Received: by yaksha.eltex.ru (ssmtp TIS-0.6alpha, 19 Jan 2000); Mon, 9 Oct 2000 18:47:35 +0400 Received: from undisclosed-intranet-sender id xma023656; Mon, 9 Oct 00 18:47:15 +0400 Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2000 18:48:12 +0400 Message-Id: <200010091448.SAA28341@paranoid.alpha.int> In-Reply-To: from "David Talkington " Organization: "Klingon Imperial Intelligence Service" Subject: Re: Check Point FW-1 To: dtalk@prairienet.org Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- nuqneH, Outsource it all, then. David Talkington said : > > >What is really the difference is being able to dial 1-800-FIREWALL and > >have someone help you out, etc. > >Darren > > Yeah, I wonder if my (item b) instinct was unfair. David Pick > mentioned herein the possibility that the company might not even WANT > the expertise to be in-house, and while his scenario was pretty ugly, > it suggests a more benign one ... if the company goes with an > open-source solution, and you're the only one on staff who knows how > to use it, they are then dependent on your talent. Great for you, but > bad for them, if turnover is high. At least a purchased solution > ensures some kind of support no matter who leaves the company. > > Your thoughts on this? Seems like a valid concern, and not one that I > had considered. (Perhaps I'm naive ... ) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ {::} {::} {::} CU in Hell _| o |_ | | _|| | / _||_| |_ |_ |_ (##) (##) (##) /Arkan#iD |_ o _||_| _||_| / _| | o |_||_||_| [||] [||] [||] Do i believe in Bible? Hell,man,i've seen one! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 6.5.1i iQCVAwUBOeHaq6H/mIJW9LeBAQEb9gQAim4q5GrP90eT7p9wacSS986UbBimctRK uIiiWBLwQF1ZqYyCPWlwsIaSlEvwjPr7cb5+EaT+CNabVHa1S77vdI1g/tCRZcIZ Xn+C2O+6uGQFwTqTfza5NyTD73X/HlNAQ6RczvGJJN0dIyNBonfIIdBS25lCglro 42zMWel+aEg= =38ic -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message