Re: Shuttle & via epia... now firewalls

["mark_harrison_uk1" <Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx>]

> >See Mark Harrison's post on what a firewall *should* look like. > >_that_ is doing the job properly. Your =A315 pc is not.
>
> Oh contraire, my =A315 Linux based IPCop does a sparkling job...

Well, even Tony seems to accept that I know what I'm talking about
when it comes to Internet security :-)

Lee - I completely agree with you that IPCop is a very appropriate
security system for protecting a domestic network. The base data used
to calculate the complex bits of my tax returns is on my , and I'm
far more concerned about THAT being compromised than

Lee - I further agree with you that running additional services on it
does indeed compromise the security provided by exposing the kinds of
faults you describe.

Tony - I agree with you that a Via is an expensive overkill for a
domestic firewall. However, I don't think that the right answer is to
install other services on it. I'm sorry, but I have to say that doing
so creates security holes.

Regards,

Mark

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