On Thursday 22 May 2008 12:17:59 am Todd A. Jacobs wrote: > And yes, before someone chimes in and talks about how you can use > tcpwrappers, .htaccess files, or other application-specific controls to > manage access, there's something to be said for a defense-in-depth > approach. So, host-based firewalls are *not* useless, but they may also > not be necessary for a given configuration. I see no advantage to host-based firewalls that couldn't be better served by a router doing filtering at the edge of the network. There's no reason to expose machines directly to the internet. -- Paul Johnson baloo@ursine.ca Explaination of .pgp part: http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Mail/rant-gpg.html
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