I don't need no stinking firewall!

Tue Jan 5 20:16:58 UTC 2010

Security Gurus, et al,

I have my own idea of what a firewall is and what it does. I also
understand what statefull packet inspection is and what it does. Given
this information, and not prejudging any responses, exactly what is a
firewall for and when is statefull inspection useful?

Please respond on-list as I want to have some useful discourse and
discussion in the clear. Flamers and Trolls will be disregarded. :)

Thank you.

 - Brian

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