Do we still need Gi Firewall for 3G/UMTS/HSPA network ?
Lee, Steven (NSG Malaysia)
kin-wei.lee at hp.com
Fri Apr 10 02:57:49 UTC 2009
Hi Charles/Skywing, is Verizon filter the unsolicated inbound traffic on the firewall or on the border router?
Regards,
Steven Lee
-----Original Message-----
From: Charles Wyble [mailto:charles at thewybles.com]
Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 6:09 AM
To: Skywing
Cc: NANOG list
Subject: Re: Do we still need Gi Firewall for 3G/UMTS/HSPA network ?
Yep verizon does indeed filter all unsolicated inbound traffic to the
EVDO network. It can be a blessing or a curse. :)
Skywing wrote:
> Verizon filters unsolicited inbound traffic for their EVDO customers in my experience.
>
> - S
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roland Dobbins <rdobbins at cisco.com>
> Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 09:32
> To: NANOG list <nanog at nanog.org>
> Subject: Re: Do we still need Gi Firewall for 3G/UMTS/HSPA network ?
>
>
> On Apr 9, 2009, at 11:48 PM, Lee, Steven (NSG Malaysia) wrote:
>
>> Please share your thought and thanks in advance :)
>
> No, IMHO. Most broadband operators don't insert firewalls inline in
> front of their subscribers, and wireless broadband is no different.
>
> The infrastructure itself must be protected via iACLs, the various
> vendor-specific control-plane protection mechanisms, and so forth, but
> inserting additional state in the middle of everything doesn't buy
> anything, and introduces additional constraints and concerns.
>
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