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Chrysalis · 10-01-2011, 03:00

Normal dumb firewalls are fine, where they block based on rules, its IDS type firewalls that are the problem.

Of course on NAT firewalls are pointless. As NAT itself is effectively a firewall for inbound traffic.

10-01-2011, 03:00	#354
Chrysalis cf.mega poster Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 12,048	Re: Virgin to give new Superhub out. Normal dumb firewalls are fine, where they block based on rules, its IDS type firewalls that are the problem. Of course on NAT firewalls are pointless. As NAT itself is effectively a firewall for inbound traffic.