On Tue, 4 Mar 1997, Brian Tackett wrote:
On Mon, 3 Mar 1997, Andrew Smith wrote:
Agreed...but in certain situations, ie a widely diverse network, to follow this purist paradigm, you really need a separate firewall/ uniquely routed subnet. If someone has a 75XX with a T1 Internet connection, why not let the extra CPU go towards firewall functions.
Anyone who has a 75XX and a single T1 needs to be taken out back and shot by their overly generous accounts payable division ;)
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