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Re: [FW1] Routing functionality
No I am not repeating what I have heard. The less tools that you have on
the firewall the better. The adage "if you do not need it, why use it?"
merlin
On Mon, 11 Sep 2000, Brett Eldridge wrote:
> On Tue, 5 Sep 2000, Barry W. Kokotailo wrote:
>
> > You can probably run any routing protocol that the operating system
> > supports. But the use of dynamic routing protocols on any firewall is
> > a bad thing to do.
>
> why? if i protect the system, chroot the gated daemon, use strong hashes
> for authentication, limit the ip addresses which can send updates, what is
> the vulnerability?
>
> or are you just repeating what you have heard?
>
> there are no absolutes in security.
>
> - brett
>
>
>
Barry W. Kokotailo R.E.T.
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