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From: hal@GATEWAY.MITRE.ORG (Hal Feinstein)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re:  Terminology deplored
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Date: 25 Jul 89 14:36:08 GMT
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We've been using the word "gate" in security work as a specific 
kind of network security guard function.  The history of it's use goes back
at least a decade. The notion of gate in gateway seems to go back to
it's metaphorical core: For example, "Vienna, the gateway to the 
West (East)"  etc. indicating a passage or entrance. Gate brings to 
mind a security role, good for our use of the term but bad as a
shortcut for an entrance.