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tryauuum 60 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Security Is a Useless Controls Problem

can it even be considered a firewall if it's running in an "audit only mode"?

TeMPOraL 60 days ago [–]

(Corporate IT sec answer): it says "firewall" in the name, so yes.

jiggawatts 60 days ago | [–]

This is the correct answer!

Every corporation over a certain size has a rule that everything needs a firewall in front of it… even if the something is a cloud service that only listens on port 443.

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