[WEB SECURITY] Query: Are Firewalls obsolete in an Enterprise Web Service Environment?

[uzxd1t902 at sneakemail.com]

This isn't directly related to application security, but more about
security without firewalls.

http://www.usenix.org/publications/login/2003-12/index.html
life without firewalls
by abe singer
It goes into how he got fed up with firewalls after a breach of a
major data processing center, and the subsequent solution he
implemented.

Apparently he gave a followup presentation in 2006.
http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix06/training/tutonefile.html#r4
(linked via http://digg.com/security/Security_without_firewalls%3A_Sensible_or_silly_?t=1895290#c1895290
)

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