From: Aron Roberts (aron@socrates.berkeley.edu)
Date: Thu Nov 07 2002 - 13:14:42 PST
At 12:42 -0800 2002-11-07, Jennifer Gwirtz wrote:
>I've heard rumors of a campus firewall effort that's been going on.
>Does anyone know anything about this?
The Web site for the campus Firewall Task Force is:
You might start by reading the task force's report, particularly
the summary recommendations at:
http://fwtf.berkeley.edu/fwtf_report/Recommendations.htm
and the descriptions of the firewall design options favored in the
above recommendations, as well as other, less-preferred alternatives,
at:
http://fwtf.berkeley.edu/fwtf_report/Appendix_A.htm
>I'm pretty happy with my home version of Norton's firewall. Can we
>use something like that in our campus offices and lab? Are there any
>limitations on this sort of thing?
We're currently investigating 'personal firewall' software
installed on individual computers. We'd be pleased to talk with you
if you might wish to explore that option further. As the task
force's 'design alternatives' document points out, such software can
be considered complementary to other departmental-level firewall
alternatives, and one or more of these alternatives might be
considered for installation.
The task of administering personal firewall software configurations
can be time consuming, although central administration tools (if
available) can ease this administrative burden, as the task force's
report notes. In general, we've found that personal firewall
software can be more complicated and labor intensive to configure and
maintain over time than desktop anti-virus software.
Aron Roberts
Workstation Software Support Group
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