Firewall opinions wanted please

Wed Mar 17 20:02:58 UTC 2004

Rachael Treu wrote:

> _Everyone_ (network connected) should have a firewall. My grandma should
>
>have a firewall.  Nicole, holding dominion over this business network and 
>its critical infrastructure, should _definitely_ have a firewall.  ;)
>
>  
>
No, the applications should accept only authorized connections. If that 
would be the case, there would be no need to filter at packet level.

Pete