RE: Air Gap vs. firewall

["Ofir Arkin" <ofir () itcon-ltd com>]

A tunnel is a tunnel is a tunnel :)

Giving it another name does not mean its not the same.


Ofir Arkin  [ofir () itcon-ltd com]
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-----Original Message-----
From: firewall-wizards-admin () nfr net
[mailto:firewall-wizards-admin () nfr net]On Behalf Of a burbatsky
Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2000 6:40 PM
To: firewall-wizards () nfr net
Subject: [fw-wiz] Air Gap vs. firewall


Hi,

I am trying to get a handle on the difference between an air gap appliance
and a firewall.

In an article in Information Security magazine,
(//www.infosecuritymag.com/july2000/coverstory.htm)the article defines the
following:

“A firewall is the logical disconnection of two physically connected net
works, while a gap is a physical disconnection of two logically connected
networks.”

Is this semantics or is there a real difference between the two?

Thanks,

/Abur




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