[svlug] Proxy/Forwarding tool/code

Rick Moen rick at linuxmafia.com
Wed Aug 30 23:27:01 PDT 2000


begin J C Lawrence quotation:

> I take a slightly different tack: Neither one is quite good enough on
> its own, even with a properly configured OS-level capabilities system.
> You need both sides.  The problem is what the definition of each side
> is.

Without casting aspersions on anyone, I'll just note that this
viewpoint, expressed heard from the security industry, happens to
favour maximal sales.  And that this sort of software is a cost-benefit
proposition (where "cost" includes admin time, debugging time, etc. --
and where the systems themselves tend to cost mucho dinero).

There are a whole lot of easier-to-justify efforts I'd look into, first.

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