[FW1] Lotus Notes' Pass Through Server

["Ivan Fox" <ifox100@FW1-NOSPAMhotmail.com>]

A eBusiness vendor proposes to have a Lotus Notes' "Pass Through" server in
front of firewall, but behind a router!

He argues that there is no data on the Lotus Notes server.  Data are
transient/streaming to the server.  To gain performance, it should be in
front of the firewall.  In addition, it is "protected" by the router.

My argument was router is a router, although it performs some sort of packet
filtering.  It is not designed to perform firewall functions, etc.

Does the vendor claim acceptable?  Any comments are appreciated.

Thanks,



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