From: | Legion out to lunch <legion@**************.ARMY.MIL> |
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Subject: | My first and last word on matrix security |
Date: | Sat, 10 Jul 1993 11:50:45 MDT |
If a corp wanted absolute security all it would have to do would
be to put up a firewall in front of their local/internal matrix.
A firewall is a computer that can talk to both the internal and
external world but not to both at the same time. This provides a
much higher level of security for the internal systems.
Now I know all of you can see about a million holes you could try
to get in through, but first realize this: the machines that the
corp would put behind a firewall would have their most sensitive
information and have little or no need for contact outside the
corporate facility. Thins like R&D for a project so black that
only they and the shadows know about it, and plain old data back-up
sites in an isolated area. For instance; Lufthansa, here in
Germany, keep a running back-up of their entire system online
with a firewall somewhere in the mountains. The firewall processes
all data and sends it to the back-up after the sending host
disconnects.
That oughtta stir it up...
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Mike Loseke | "Death awaits you all, with
legion@**************.army.mil | nasty, big, pointy teeth!"
Minister of Death - SWO |
_________________________________| - Tim the Enchanter