RE: Sidewinder G2

[Ron DuFresne <dufresne () winternet com>]

> 3) What happens when Sidewinder fails?  Does it fail open?  If it does
> (and it should), is their version of sendmail still protected?  Or is it
> sitting on the Internet bare-ass naked, waiting to be 0wn3d?

it should fail "closed", preventing any traffic from passing, otherwise
you have a door stop.


Thanks,


Ron DuFresne
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