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by nadir_hussain Oct 4, 2003 last reply Aug 17, 2004

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will IPSec make firewall obsolete?

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by deadly ernest Oct 4, 2003

by laird.beamesderfer Oct 5, 2003

To elaborate a little on eebywater's answer:
IPSEC is used mostly to secure connections between computers (the main use being with VPN's). This secures communications to an extent, but if you are using a computer that needs to surf the web, online gaming, etc., you will not be using IPSEC for that communication.
This is one area where a firewall will come into play.

Hope this helps a little more.