Re: Firewalls and Security

> You need to change this to "A firewall is a device/application that
> filters ALL INBOUND and OUTBOUND packets to either allow or deny them
> based on defined rules. By default ALL inbound and OUTBOUND packets are
> blocked until rules are created to allow access in one or the other
> directions."
>
> Thx,
> Mark

Yes, I wasn't very specific in the answer I gave; I stayed with a
general definition while telling others to be consistent. Its important
to specify what a product does or doesn't do, especially in IT.

Dean Palladino