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- From: casey@gauss.llnl.gov (Casey Leedom)
- Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
- Subject: Is the Balkanization of the InterNet inevitable?
- Summary: Are firewalls going to be the way the world goes?
- Keywords: security, firewalls
- Message-ID: <141672@lll-winken.LLNL.GOV>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 01:56:32 GMT
- Sender: usenet@lll-winken.LLNL.GOV
- Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- Lines: 19
- Nntp-Posting-Host: gauss.llnl.gov
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- Are network security firewalls between organizations and the InterNet
- going to be the norm in the future? This seems to be the answer some of
- our local people think is inevitable. I haven't had time to keep up with
- network security issues for a couple of years, so I just don't know what
- the state of current work is or what the consensus on this issue is.
-
- If the Balkanization of the InterNet is inevitable, I feel it will be a
- great loss. It will be an acknowledgement that irresponsible criminal
- hackers have won from us our freedom of open inter-operation. What a
- sad thought. Are there no other realistic options for providing security?
- Is it impossible to conceive of effective authentication methods?
-
- If this has already been hashed out dozens of times before I'm sorry.
- (I also haven't been able to keep up with USENET for some time.) I'm
- sure it's a flame-ridden topic. But I'd really like to see a non-flame
- driven dialogue on the topic.
-
- Casey
-