RE: Air Gap vs. firewall

[David Bovee <David.Bovee () watchguard com>]

IMHO, there is only one such thing as an "air gap appliance":  Nike.

Anything else is a firewall.
-D

-----Original Message-----
From: a burbatsky [mailto:aburbatsky () hotmail com]
Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2000 9:40 AM
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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