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Message-ID: <01d101c22ef5$be32ca20$0100a8c0@george.co.uk>
From: "Jim George" <jim DOT george AT blueyonder DOT co DOT uk>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Question
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 08:27:29 +0100
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----- Original Message -----
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>
Cc: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Sent: Friday, July 19, 2002 8:04 AM
Subject: Re: Question


>
> ===
> ----- 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
>
Rob,

    that was exactly my point, but one I wasn't too confident of ;)

Cheers,

Jim


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