On 9 Jul 99, at 7:32, HAMISH MACEWAN wrote:

> "Dr David Hingston" <dlh@xtra.co.nz> wrote:

> > I'd be interested to hear any comments on such "firewalls",
> > particularly of any more cost effective options.

> I would say the efficacy of your prophylactic measures, the air gap cordon
> sanitaire, is extremely high.

Well, it prevents any outside access to machines not connected to the
network. And that's it. It doesn't prevent people using that machine
from downloading files and transferring them to another box. That's how
viruses could get through.

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