From owner-freebsd-security Mon Nov 26 10:20:10 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from gull.prod.itd.earthlink.net (gull.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.84]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC2F137B417 for ; Mon, 26 Nov 2001 10:20:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from user-38lc2nf.dialup.mindspring.com ([209.86.10.239] helo=gohan.cjclark.org) by gull.prod.itd.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 168QMN-0002Py-00; Mon, 26 Nov 2001 10:20:04 -0800 Received: (from cjc@localhost) by gohan.cjclark.org (8.11.6/8.11.1) id fAQ83ID00332; Mon, 26 Nov 2001 00:03:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cjc) Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 00:03:18 -0800 From: "Crist J. Clark" To: G Brehm Cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Best security topology for FreeBSD Message-ID: <20011126000318.B222@gohan.cjclark.org> Reply-To: cjclark@alum.mit.edu References: <20011122031739.A226@gohan.cjclark.org> <20011125013812.9839.qmail@web10106.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20011125013812.9839.qmail@web10106.mail.yahoo.com>; from gbbrehm@yahoo.com on Sat, Nov 24, 2001 at 05:38:12PM -0800 X-URL: http://people.freebsd.org/~cjc/ Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sat, Nov 24, 2001 at 05:38:12PM -0800, G Brehm wrote: [snip] > I am confused by your bias. > You'd think if it was firewall OEM pushing one design > it would go for your preferered, (twice the $). There _is_ competition in the business. The market share gained by, "We can protect all of your networks with one machine!" is more important to firewall retailers than the possibility of selling multiple units to a single site. Most corporations underspend on information security. The one machine, many-interface firewall caters to this group. -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@alum.mit.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message