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RE: Firewall SBC



Steve,

Maybe I'm paranoid about Internet Security (remember what I do :-)), but I would NEVER store data on a firewall, nor run a service on it.

I've yet to see a firewall that would suggest this is other than a bad idea.

Regards,

Mark

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve D [mailto:steve@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 20 June 2002 19:36
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Firewall SBC


Surely if it is only bound to the internal nicthen it is completely secure
>from with it.


Steve D

"Regular people say 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it'. Engineers say: 'If it
ain't broke, it doesn't have enough features yet.'"


----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Harrison" <Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2002 7:24 PM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Firewall SBC


> Jrec is still in Alpha, and we utterly don't recommend that you run it on
ANY machine that is potentially open to the internet.
>
> It would be an incredibly bad idea to run it on your firewall.
>
> Mark
> Documentation Developer
> The Jreceiver Team
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve D [mailto:steve@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 20 June 2002 17:07
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Firewall SBC
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Pedro de Oliveira" <p.oliveira@xxxxxxx>
> To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2002 10:17 AM
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Firewall SBC
>
>
> > Mark
> >
> > Its actually all of those reasons combined (elegance, space saving,
power
> > saving, noise reduction, and to have a spare PC).  I want to run JRec on
> the
> > PC that is currently running the firewall.  The idea of having a
firewall
> > _inside_ my server appeals to me but if the cost is way over the top
then
> > it's obviously not worth it.
>
> IIRC Jrec runs on linux to so you can run it on your firewall with little
> modifications.
> You can make it either visible or insvisible depending on your firewall
> rules.
> So you keep it nice n secure from the internet side.
>
> Steve D
>
> "Regular people say 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it'. Engineers say: 'If
it
> ain't broke, it doesn't have enough features yet.'"
>
>
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