Re: [Full-Disclosure] Sidewinder G2

[Shawn McMahon <smcmahon@eiv.com>]

Schmehl, Paul L wrote:
> Maybe your network policy states that, but I would prefer for single
> point of failure devices to fail open, rather than closed.  For us,
> network availability is a higher priority than protection is.  If the
> firewall fails, I don't want the entire network down while we're waiting
> for a vendor to fix it.  I'd be surprised if most networks aren't that
> way.

The problem with this, as I'm sure you know (but it bears repeating for 
the peanut gallery) is that it turns any DoS on your firewall into an 
instant security hole.  That escalates the severity of DoS bugs on the 
firewall, which greatly increases the need to upgrade it when they're 
found, which can increase your downtime.

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