Re: FW: Forrester Research foresees death of firewalls

[Darren Reed <darrenr () reed wattle id au>]

In some email I received from Harvey Nusz, sie wrote:
> Is it wise to build a bridge on the "just strong enough" theory (and I know
> we're talking money and time), when we do not know who or what will traverse
> the bridge, or perhaps even how it will be used?  Granted, we can perhaps
> add to the strength of the bridge, given the right architecture, and the
> right metrics for feedback... but this appears to go back to the
> requirements (and SLA), and are they affirmed at the right level....

Just look at the Tecoma bridge which was supposed to be "strong enough".

Better to design it properly from the start.

Darren