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Broadband ISPs Shouldn't Knock Down Firewalls
Alex Salkever, Business Week 2001-11-20

Citing finicky configuration problems, the major high-speed providers discourage their use -- a backward and dangerous policy

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Broadband ISPs vs. the GreyMatter Challenged 2001-11-21
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True that they are not "responsible" for supporting customer's firewalls however, I find it quite irresponsible to advise against the use of a firewall.

Quoted from the article;

"In fact, a frightening number of cable companies and DSL providers tell their users not to run a firewall."

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