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Re: Silly Question Time


From: Jeffery.Gieser () minnesotamutual com
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 11:41:32 -0500


Kenny,

#do you put antivirus s/w on the FW itself?
#i know nothing is processed, etc., etc. &
#i know about cvp, etc.

#the question is more of a 'is this done in the industry'?

     Yes, this is done in the industry but...  I have always felt that the
firewall is a pretty busy box just doing it's normal job.  I would offload
this onto another machine for performance reasons if nothing else.  I also
think that it is best to run as little as possible on the firewall.  less
code = less bugs = potentially stronger firewall

Regards,
Jeffery Gieser


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