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From: "Robert Collins" <robert DOT collins AT syncretize DOT net>
To: "Jim George" <jim DOT george AT blueyonder DOT co DOT uk>,
   "Nicholas Wourms" <nwourms AT yahoo DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Question
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 17:04:13 +1000
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim George" <jim DOT george AT blueyonder DOT co DOT uk>
To: "Nicholas Wourms" <nwourms AT yahoo DOT com>
Cc: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Sent: Friday, July 19, 2002 4:57 PM
Subject: Re: Question


> Apologies Nicholas I thought I had replied to all.
>
> From my understanding of squid (used it extensively under Linux), it
would
> be a fairly weak firewall?

Squid is not a firewall. It's a proxy server (sometimes called a layer 7
firewall).

Squid can add a significant amount of security to a network layout, but
can be bypassed unless it is used in conjunction with a packet filtering
firewall.

Rob


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