On Sat, Aug 23, 2003 at 01:51:58PM -0700, SBlaze wrote: > A question to Ralf about the second lawyer of a firewall. Is a circut relay > also known as a bridge? In general: layer 1 -> repeater layer 2 -> bridge layer 3 -> router Now, what does the circuit relay do? Does it just amplify the signal? Or does it terminate, reconstruct and forward the information? > > Also a question to Ramin. You make note in that last post of basically dealing > with the HTTP protocol on the HTTP application level.... are you referreing to > web server(apache) ? No. What I said is: Filtering based on the specifics of an application is best done by a specialized module which knows enough about that particular protocol. Ramin > > Thanks to all who are helping out. I see a soloution coming about. With a > little more help I and some others I know may get there. > > Thanks > SBlaze > > ===== > "Winky is not knowing how sir, winky is not knowing how?" -=Winky / Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire=-" > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com
