[SunRescue] Re: Help!

[Greg A. Woods]

[ On Friday, April 20, 2001 at 20:37:04 (+1000), Robert Rose wrote: ]
> Subject: Re: [SunRescue] Re: Help!
>
> Where I work, we don't call this a firewall, we call it a 
> firebridge.  Amusing as it may sound, it's actually an accurate description 
> and helps the clients realise that although it's using firewall software, 
> it's not actually providing any protection to them.  It does help to sort 
> out what is going on at the client's network boundary and provides a good 
> starting point once we show the logs to the clients.  Typically the time 
> taken between reviewing the logs and making changes to actually restrict 
> traffic is very short indeed!

I really like that analogy!

> Well, I wouldn't say the firebridges I've seen would fail, it's just that 
> they were never sufficiently secure in the first place, but the clients 
> understood that.  Once the clients wanted changes made and we're happy with 
> the ruleset, then we can both call it a firewall.

Indeed with a "firebridge" the equivalent analogy might be an engineer's
report that says something like "Such and such spot along the valley
would be a good place to build a bridge."  :-)

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