... ciao:
on "6-14-2006" "Craig Wright" writ:
: argument of dogma, a religious ideology and has little if nothing to do
: with fact.
let me put it this way. i have a hunch, some of this readership
interested in the application of 'firewalls' in production environments.
what you define as dogma et al, might in fact be, experience based
opinion.
: No person commenting has completed a quantitative risk study
: No tests have been done either way by the people commenting
: it is pure opinion
: I have done such a study in the past
two things: first, you make some assumptions, i'm not sure you can
'factually' justify as viable. secondly, since when is 'pure opinion'
automaticlly divorced from the reality of a situation.
: the firewall consists primarily of a gateway.
: spoken of as a solitary host and not a series of devices
a lot of computing tasks are repetitive. so, the distinction you
make here, a moot point.
: either be a complete mapping of all the gateways or a hole
i have little confidence that an xor situation
: I know most of the people on the list are not academics, mathematicians
: What does matter is the configuration and maintenance of the firewall.
some time ago, i watched a 'university of washington' computer
series. within that, the question of academic vis-a-vis practical
training was raised. it suggested the academic less impressive than
might have been assumed. as you said, "What does matter ...".
: hiding the firewall makes a single iota of difference
: security by obscurity is no security at all
and once again:
"a firewall's location implicit in any given topology"
so, the question of 'hiding' a firewall, an academic , rather than,
practical question. in other words, it's like -1^1/2 ...
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... i'm a man, but i can change,
if i have to , i guess ...
