Re: Firewall Administration

[Cal Frye <cjf () CALFRYE COM>]

Well, our IT Security group IS our networking group...
I look forward to the discussion.

--Cal Frye, Network Administrator, Oberlin College
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Hart, Lee Anne wrote:
> If you don't mind sharing, who maintains your firewalls - hardware and
> operating system, not the firewall software? Currently, our IT Security
> team are the only people with access to our firewalls, but our
> networking group is asking for some rights to maintain the hardware and
> to be able to reboot them. I have mixed feelings about this and wanted
> to know how other organizations handle this. Also, what are some of the
> pros and cons of this?  Thanks,
>
> Lee Anne Hart
> IT Security Analyst
> Montgomery College