RE: [cobalt-users] Is a firewall necessary with a RaQ?

[Rusty Wilson <rustyw007@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- Justin Leoni <Jleoni@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I must agree - a good firewall is like auto insurance you pay for it
> now or
> you'll REALLY pay for it later if you have M$ boxes connected to your
> network.
> 
I all I appreciate the general information, but I dont have ANY M$
stuff on my network. Its all RaQs (at least the portion I'm asking
about). Hence my subject line about RaQs only.

So, from the replies, it seems the main advantage to putting a firewall
out front is:

1. protection from DoS attacks
2. ability to deny certain IPs (easily in one location). This is useful
it someone is port scanning, or hammering you with code red, etc...
3. ???

These alone *may* be good reasons to put a firewall out front, but
since I have a limited number of RaQs (less than 10), I think I'll just
stick to "hardening" each one individually.

Thanks for the comments.

Rusty



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