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Date:      Fri, 24 Sep 1999 11:28:18 -0700
From:      Deepwell Internet <freebsd@deepwell.com>
To:        nate@mt.sri.com (Nate Williams), freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: default rc.firewall
Message-ID:  <4.2.0.58.19990924112627.018902c0@mail1.dcomm.net>
In-Reply-To: <199909241733.LAA27644@mt.sri.com>
References:  <4.2.0.58.19990924111600.04809a90@localhost> <3.0.5.32.19990923152232.007c94c0@memes.com> <4.2.0.58.19990924111600.04809a90@localhost>

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>
>Building a firewall is somtimes a hit/miss proposition because you never
>know *what* kind of traffic is being generated on a LAN, and what I've
>found is that too often I shut someone down from doing something they
>think they want.
>
>(On the other hand, with the number of hacks available to the world,
>we've been able to convince the users and management that some of the
>'nice' services they like are no longer a good idea, usually by pointing
>them to a CERT advisory and/or similar document explaing how we can get
>broken into with the service. :( )

This happens to us quite frequently where we think we're implementing a 
good filter rule and someone comes along and say "But I want to share my 
win98 drives to the Internet" or something equally stupid.

Hrrrmph.




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