Vlan's as effective security measures?

["Ware, Larry" <LWare () e-one com>]

Forgive a long out of field, and now working on getting back up to speed
firewall admin, but would someone care to educate me concerning the security
issues related to VLAN's? I have lots of them, and need to know why a VLAN
is not an effective adjunct to firewall and router security policies.
-larry

> -----Original Message-----

<snip>
> > My immediate response is no - the claim that nothing can possibly
> > leak across a blade enclosure
> > backplane sounds a lot like the old claims about VLANs being
> > effective security devices -
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