Re: Distributed Firewall

[Chris Burton <cyberhiker99 () yahoo com>]

If you are windows you could look at Sygate.  They
have what they call End Point Security.  Very Granular
and Scalable.


--- Hannes Tschofenig <Hannes.Tschofenig () siemens com>
wrote:
> hi nathan,
>
> you might also find the following implementation of
> interest:
>
> Net-Policy
>
> Net-Policy is a highly-scalable, role-and-policy
> based network management
> system. It distrubutes configuration to a network
> primarily through the SNMP
> protocol. (It's initial configuration mechanisms are
> designed for IPsec VPN
> management.)
>
> http://net-policy.sourceforge.net
>
> ciao
> hannes
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Nathan Ryan Milford" <nmilford () polyprep org>
> To: "Kendric" <Kendric () hotpop com>;
> <security-basics () lists securityfocus com>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2003 7:19 PM
> Subject: Re: Distributed Firewall
>
>
> > pfsyncd
> >
> > http://www.benzedrine.cx/pf/msg01897.html
> >
> > http://www.greyhats.org/openbsd/
> >
> > syncs states among firewalls and you can use
> freevrrpd tomake redundancy
> > or
> > you can find some other way of doing it.  it works
> fine, I don't use it
> > in
> > production as I have no need for it but, I have
> played with it in a lab
> > environment and it works quite well.
> >
> > -nathan
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Kendric" <Kendric () hotpop com>
> > To: <security-basics () lists securityfocus com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2003 10:12 AM
> > Subject: Distributed Firewall
> >
> >
> > > Hi, just wondering if any of you guys heard of
> this concept of
> > distributed
> > > firewall? I have done some research on it and
> found it to be quite a
> > > wonderful concept into bringing the firewall
> platform to each
> > client/server
> > > end with a central management policy. In other
> words, it is like
> > having a
> > > personal firewall on each individual machine,
> but centrally managed by
> > a
> > > remote management console. In this way, we will
> not have to put any
> > trust
> > > even on the machines on the intranet. Any
> comments?
> > >
------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > --
> > -
> > > Attend Black Hat Briefings & Training Europe,
> May 12-15 in Amsterdam,
> > the
> > > world's premier event for IT and network
> security experts.  The
> > two-day
> > > Training features 6 hand-on courses on May 12-13
> taught by
> > professionals.
> > > The two-day Briefings on May 14-15 features 24
> top speakers with no
> > vendor
> > > sales pitches.  Deadline for the best rates is
> April 25.  Register
> > today
> > to
> > > ensure your place.
http://www.securityfocus.com/BlackHat-security-basics
> > >
------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > --
> > --
> > >
------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > ---
> > Attend Black Hat Briefings & Training Europe, May
> 12-15 in Amsterdam,
> > the
> > world's premier event for IT and network security
> experts.  The two-day
> > Training features 6 hand-on courses on May 12-13
> taught by
> > professionals.
> > The two-day Briefings on May 14-15 features 24 top
> speakers with no
> > vendor
> > sales pitches.  Deadline for the best rates is
> April 25.  Register today
> > to
> > ensure your place.
http://www.securityfocus.com/BlackHat-security-basics
> >
------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > ----
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Attend Black Hat Briefings & Training Europe, May
> 12-15 in Amsterdam, the 
> world's premier event for IT and network security
> experts.  The two-day 
> Training features 6 hand-on courses on May 12-13
> taught by professionals.  
> The two-day Briefings on May 14-15 features 24 top
> speakers with no vendor 
> sales pitches.  Deadline for the best rates is April
> 25.  Register today to 
> ensure your place. 
http://www.securityfocus.com/BlackHat-security-basics
>
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>


__________________________________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo
http://search.yahoo.com

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Attend Black Hat Briefings & Training Europe, May 12-15 in Amsterdam, the 
world's premier event for IT and network security experts.  The two-day 
Training features 6 hand-on courses on May 12-13 taught by professionals.  
The two-day Briefings on May 14-15 features 24 top speakers with no vendor 
sales pitches.  Deadline for the best rates is April 25.  Register today to 
ensure your place.  http://www.securityfocus.com/BlackHat-security-basics 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------