Re: comp.security.firewalls Trolls

"Notan" <notan@ddress.thatcanbespammed> wrote in message
news:44316D94.24023E32@ddress.thatcanbespammed...
> "Somebody." wrote:
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>> You know it would be great to have
>>
>> comp.security.software.firewalls
>> comp.security.hardware.firewalls
>>
>> to separate them out. I'm far more interested in the latter than the
>> former.
>
> I don't know. I think this is a good place for both.
>
> While there are plenty of firewall snobs, who seem to think that if you
> don't know as much as them, you're an asshole, there are plenty of posters
> that will point out why software firewalls are not the *best* way to go,
> in an educated way.
>
> Newsgroups, among other things, are supposed to provide a venue where
> those with knowledge educate those without.
>
> Operative phrase: "supposed to"
>
> Notan

I'm not making any judgements either way about any of that, just pointing
out that I feel like hardware firewalls and software firewalls are quite
different discussion items, and I have more of an interest in one than the
other. I'd just as soon not have to wade through the software stuff
looking for hardware discussions. Both are valid discussion groups, just in
my view, different and separate.

-Russ.
Received on Mon May 1 01:04:38 2006