Re: Belkin not-real-firewall?

> Well what can I say about it? I didn't write it. It's good enough as far
> as I am concerned.

Personally think the more common short version is better :-)

> But as far as some standalone solution hardware or software, it had
> better be able to do all of what's in that link I provided. Otherwise, I
> don't consider it to be a FW. And I am not including PFW(s) in that
> definition.

But the linked text if long and not specific, especially in the parts
about alerting and so on. There are a many possibilites, some good
some bad and how much must be in the solution before it's a firewall?
If I don't look at the log's does it stop being a firewall? If it logs
to some own obsure stuff that no one can understand? And so on, is
logging critical for it to be a firewall, or just to be a good
firewall?

> As far as secured machines behind any FW solution, that's another matter
> altogether that has nothing to do with FW functionality.

No but it has to be included in the demands on the FW.

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