Talk:Firewall (construction)
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What is that image? It should be at least labelled, such as it is.
[edit] Passive fire protection expert edit
My edits are supported by building code and test experience in Germany, the UK, Canada, Hong Kong and the US. The reference to DuraSteel is available from Cape DuraSteel in the UK.--Achim 01:23, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] The network firewall description should be here!
Surely most people typing in, or searching for, firewall generally want the computer hardware/software description of a firewall. It seems much more prudent to me to put this *much* more popular description as the main firewall page and link to this building description as an alt page. Anyone agree?
- It's now disambiguated so that it's all even. --Joy [shallot] 17:30, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Name origin
The name Firewall may have come from the need to hide signal fires as mentioned in these two articles. Medieval Fibre Optics
BBCh2G2 Medieval Fibre Optics ...
For instance to send the message 'Help, the invading army is about to land on our shores' would take several tons of well stacked wood and manual rather than electronic ignition.
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The “cavalry” would decode 'The enemy has landed, please come as soon as possible..
The invaders would decode the signal as:- 'I think they have seen us.' - Which just goes to prove that network security issues have been around for a very long time and soon led to the development of the first very tall 'Firewall' to protect sensitive data
