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Re: Question


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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim George" <jim.george@blueyonder.co.uk>
To: "Nicholas Wourms" <nwourms@yahoo.com>
Cc: <cygwin@cygwin.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


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