Firewalls are not the be-all and end-all of security … Much more can and should be done … We recommend very strong authentication by the server (PPPÕs challenge/response mechanism is adequate), coupled with a packet filter to block any routing protocols or any packets with an invalid source address.
Predictor: Bellovin, Steven M.
Prediction, in context:In their 1994 book “Firewalls and Internet Security,” Steven Bellovin and William Cheswick write: ”Firewalls are not the be-all and end-all of security … Much more can and should be done … We recommend very strong authentication by the server (PPPÕs challenge/response mechanism is adequate), coupled with a packet filter to block any routing protocols or any packets with an invalid source address. (You donÕt want to run a real routing protocol to a home workstation; it would eat up too much bandwidth. A simple static default route pointing to the server should suffice.)”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1994
Topic of prediction: Communication
Subtopic: Security/Encryption
Name of publication: Firewalls and Internet Security
Title, headline, chapter name: Chapter 14: Where Do We Go From Here?
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.wilyhacker.com/1e/
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