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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 2001-11-23
dev.dekker
Having been an administrator at a local ISP, I can completely understand from a support standpoint the unwillingness to troubleshoot problems on a machine with a personal firewall installed. Not knowing the aptitude of the users setup, there could be all manner of things interfering with network co...

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