begin Joshua Judson Rosen quotation: > Yeah, but *how many* firewalls does one need on a network? > > Is it *really* absolutely *essential* for *every* computer on every > LAN to host its own firewall? > > Is this really how networks are typically configured? > > I don't think that I have ever seen such a network :) Look at it another way. If the GNU/HURD distribution does not include firewalling capabilities, then you can't use a HURD system as a dedicated firewall machine (at least not without adding such capabilities separately). Why should that be the case? Why shouldn't a HURD distribution be capable, out-of-the-box, of being used as a dedicated firewall? Are we to infer that the HURD is somehow inherently unsuitable for such a role? Craig
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