Hi Neil. Sorry but I misunderstood your post Message #1076857 to suggest that Content Security Management would stop all "nasties" from getting through. I believe that such tools will only stop some nasties.

But I agree completely with your post below that these options provide a good first line of defence.



>Hi Jos,
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><snip>I do not agree with Neil that any firewall solution can do this.
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>When did I say the above. What I said was that Colin will need more than a NAT'ed firewall.
>The Sonic wall Firewalls are good, see: http://www.sonicwall.com/products/vpnapp.html
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>And because of his other requirements he should also look at placing the Content Security Device behind the firewall see: http://www.sonicwall.com/products/csm2100cf.html especially with IM requirements etc.
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>This above combination gives a very good first line of defense.