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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 Shouldn't Knock Down Firewalls 2001-11-21
Chris Leonardos <cleonardos (at) triumph (dot) com [email concealed]>
Asking the service provider to support firewall configuration when they are charging $49 a month for the service is not realistic. If you are smart enough, to one, know you need a firewall, and two actually install it, you best be smart enough to set up your own cable modem connection. Furthermore...

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