Re: Distributed Firewalls

[Herbert Baines III <herbert.baines () OIT GATECH EDU>]

Charles,

We are building consensus around campus and the proposal below reflects our
general direction (nothing finalized yet).

http://www.security.gatech.edu/proposal/
*instead of Cisco PIX we may go with cat-630x with blades.

-Herb
Herbert Baines III, CISA, CISSP
Director, Georgia Tech Information Security
Office of Information Technology
Georgia Institute of Technology
258 4th Street
Atlanta, GA 30332
http://www.security.gatech.edu/architecture
http://www.security.gatech.edu/policy/usage.html
herbert.baines () oit gatech edu

At 02:26 PM 1/9/2003, you wrote:
> I am in the process of researching the benefits/drawbacks of using a
> Distributed Firewall architecture campus wide.  I am curious as to what
> experiences other Universities might have with this type of architecture or
> layout?  Or, are other Universities doing this type of layout.
>
> Any information would be great.
>
> thanks
>
> Charles Crawford
> University of Kansas
> IT Security Officer
> (785)864-0491
> ccrawf () ku edu
>
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