Firewall Wizards: Re: GIDS, Intrusion Prevention: A Firewall by Any Other Name

["B. Scott Harroff" <Scott.Harroff () att net>]

Anything from a bridge (layer2) to hogwash (layer7) are simply access
control devices operating at different OSI layers with different techniques.

Most security products can be viewed generically as:

Privacy (Encryption)
Authentication
Access Control
Information Integrity
Non-Repudiation
Logging

> Ryan Russell wrote:
> So, if I may summarize your question: "Don't buzzwords suck, and isn't
> this a firewall"?  To which I respond: define firewall.

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