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[Discuss] Separate commercial firewall?



On 1/7/2016 12:54 PM, John Hall wrote:
> If it's not necessary could an additional commercial hardware firewall
> actually compromise security?

Yes. c.f., recent revelations about the back door in Juniper firewalls.
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2015/12/back_door_in_ju.html

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Rich P.



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