Eric, > I'm working on a security architecture, and I need some opinions ! > > It's simple... with or without proxy ! You'll really need to do some research before someone can give you an educated response. The term "proxy" is very broad and depends on your environment, users, bandwidth, should be part of a firewall system, etc. Start by reading the firewalls FAQ: http://www.linuxsecurity.com/resource_files/firewalls/fwfaq/firewalls-faq.html Best, Dave -- Dave Wreski Corporate Manager Guardian Digital, Inc. (201) 934-9230 Pioneering. Open Source. Security. dave@guardiandigital.com http://www.guardiandigital.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe email security-discuss-request@linuxsecurity.com with "unsubscribe" in the subject of the message.