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> I can kind of see why both are necessary in my own head... but I'd like
> to hear what the experts have to say about it.

The nickel answer is that the hardware firewall does a nice job against
inbound connects, the software firewall makes it easier to manage outbound
connects. Kind of oversimplifies it, but there you have it.

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